{"id":"16ca9f1f-205a-436d-abfc-f3793ccecc11","url":"https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/south-asia/article/3369838/icc-unseals-arrest-warrants-4-taliban-leaders-wanted-gender-persecution-charges","domain":"scmp.com","outlet":{"name":"South China Morning Post","country":"HK","cred":4,"lean":0,"curated":true,"owner":"Alibaba Group"},"title":"ICC unseals arrest warrants for 4 Taliban leaders wanted on gender persecution charges","plainHeadline":"ICC unseals warrants for four Taliban leaders over gender persecution","rewrite":{"model":null,"at":null},"summary":["ICC unsealed arrest warrants for four senior Taliban leaders in July and September last year.","Warrants target Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani.","Also sought are Education Minister Habibullah Agha and Higher Education Minister Neda Mohammad Nadim.","Charges include persecution on gender grounds against women, girls and LGBTQ individuals.","Afghan government rejects ICC authority, citing adherence to Islamic sharia instead."],"topics":["Politics"],"lang":"eng","publishedAt":"2026-10-05T19:43:42.000Z","ingestedAt":"2026-10-05T20:21:34.598Z","story":"https://brief.concise.news/story/b82c17f0-6bd2-423d-9f36-d46ad39d89e1","storyId":"b82c17f0-6bd2-423d-9f36-d46ad39d89e1","image":"https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/styles/1280x720/public/d8/images/canvas/2026/10/06/cf142054-7f65-4f05-ade5-69555d925bce_317a688f.jpg?itok=soNXEObu&v=1791229421","author":"Associated Press","dek":"The International Criminal Court on Monday unsealed arrest warrants against four senior Taliban leaders, accusing them of the crime against humanity of gender persecution against women, girls and members of the LGBTQ community in Afghanistan since the Taliban seized power in 2021."}