Afghanistan’s radical Taliban leaders on Thursday dismissed the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC) over their country, announced a ‘illegal’ decision by his predecessors to join the founder of the Hague-based court in 2003.
The decision follows the announcement of the Chief Prosecutor of the ICC last month, demanding an arrest warrant for the repetition Taliban supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada and a close aide, in which both of them accused them of harassing Afghan girls and women. Has gone.
The Taliban army gained power in August 2021 by paying the international recognized government in Kabul, which fell along with the return of American-led NATO soldiers in Afghanistan after nearly two decades.
The Taliban, which is now ruling as the Islamic Emirates, has strictly explained the Islamic law, known as Sharia, which is the freedom of speaking and the reach of women for education and public roles in society Extensive ban is imposing.
No country has recognized the Taliban as a legitimate government mainly on the rigorous treatment of Afghan women and girls.
“As a unit, which enhances the religious and national values of the Afghan people within the framework of the Islamic Sharia, does not consider any obligation for the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan or for the institution, which is from the ‘International Criminal Court’ It is referred to as, “Taliban said the declaration of English language.
This accused the ICC of political bias and failed to capture the noun measures and their colleagues and their colleagues against war crimes in Afghanistan. “
“Given given many major powers of the world, not a signator for this’ court,” it is unfair to a nation discovery as Afghanistan, historically tolerated foreign occupation and colonial subjugation, its jurisdiction To be bound, “the valley shocked.
In October 2001, Western forces under the leadership of America invaded Afghanistan, overthrew the then Taliban government to give shelter to al-Qaeda leaders, which was responsible for the terrorist attacks in the United States in September of that year. .
In February 2003, the Washington -backed government in Kabul formally deposited its means for the law of Rome, which found the ICC, giving the jurisdiction of the court on crimes.
Thursday’s Taliban said, “In the light of the above views, the Islamic Emirates of Afghanistan has formally claimed that it does not accept any legal obligation under ROM law and the earlier administration’s reception is with legal validity. Believed, “said the Taliban of Thursday. statement.
In the January 23 announcement, ICC prosecutor Karim Khan said that his decision to search for arrest warrant for Akhundzada and Chief Justice of Taliban, Abdul Hakim Hakkani, which again gathered in alleged crimes and based on evidence gathered in alleged crimes Is.
ICC is mandatory to rule the world’s worst, in search of crimes and crimes against humanity. The court does not have any police force and depends on 125 member states to carry out their arrest warrant.
Akhundzada rarely leaves its office in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar and rule the country through religious decree. Hey banned the education of girls beyond the sixth grade and banned women from most public as well as private sector employment, amidst restrictions on their rights.
In a speech in Kandahar last week, the Taliban chief again rejected the criticism of his rule, stating that it was vested in divine orders. A government spokesperson quoted Akhundzada as a sting as saying that “Every decree is based on consultation with scholars and receives from the Quran and Hadith [sayings of Islam’s prophet] And represents the orders of Allah.
