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Taliban: Crimes against Humanity

Commons · Question 35672 · Tabled 5 Mar 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 10 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of the application by the International Criminal Court for the arrest of Taliban leader

Answer

Answered by Hamish Falconer, 10 Mar 2025

We continue to condemn the Taliban's draconian restrictions on women and girls' rights. Those responsible for international crimes committed in Afghanistan should be held to account for their actions. We note the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecu...