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ICC prosecutor seeks arrest of Taliban leaders for 'persecuting Afghan girls and women'

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ICC prosecutor Karim Khan says he will seek arrest warrants against Taliban leaders.

He said there were reasonable grounds to suspect them for crimes against humanity.

ICC judges will now decide whether to issue an arrest warrant for Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani .

Opposition to the Taliban government is 'brutally repressed through the commission of crimes'.

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English

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