11 days ago · Afghanistan
ICC unseals arrest warrants for 4 Taliban leaders wanted on gender persecution charges
What's happening
SignalsMonitor is following this as a crime & justice story. Deutsche Welle All News, South China Morning Post Asia, Dawn, and UN News All are the outlets attached to this story. The reports are tied to Afghanistan. The first report grouped here was at 5 Oct 2026, 12:00 UTC. 5 material updates are listed in the timeline. The headline in use is “ICC unseals arrest warrants for 4 Taliban leaders wanted on gender persecution charges”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
What we know
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. The court said in a statement that warrants…
Story timeline
Reports grouped into this story, earliest first. Exact repeats from the same outlet are collapsed.
- First reported by UN News All
ICC unseals four arrest warrants over Taliban persecution of women and girls
- Picked up by Dawn
- Picked up by South China Morning Post Asia
ICC unseals arrest warrants for 4 Taliban leaders wanted on gender persecution charges
- Picked up by Deutsche Welle All News
ICC unseals Taliban leaders' warrants over persecuting women
Same story, different outlets
4 headlinesEach line is that outlet's headline. The article stays on the publisher's site.
- Deutsche Welle All NewsICC unseals Taliban leaders' warrants over persecuting women
- South China Morning PostICC unseals arrest warrants for 4 Taliban leaders wanted on gender persecution charges
- DawnICC unseals arrest warrants for Taliban education ministers
- UN News AllICC unseals four arrest warrants over Taliban persecution of women and girls