If prosecutors proceed, the Taliban investigation will effectively be split from a broader Afghanistan inquiry looking into alleged war crimes committed since 2003 by Afghan National Security Forces, the US military and CIA personnel, in addition to the Taliban and the Islamic State-Khorasan Province (IS-K) group.
The move is likely to raise questions about whether the court is seeking to ease tensions with Washington by signalling that it will no longer pursue allegations against US forces and their allies.
The chamber’s communication came days after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio threatened to “dismantle the ICC, brick by brick”, in remarks referencing the court’s 2020 decision authorising an investigation into alleged crimes committed in Afghanistan.
These people remind me of Freemasons and Democrats, allowing a few good decisions to convince the regular citizens they strive for justice, when they’re wreckers.
Freemasons allow progressives and liberals in their ranks, even allow some communists; but it’s the fascists and anticommunists who end up having power to make decisions to keep Novo Ordo Seclorum going, like Democrats and progressives or “democratic socialists.” Spoilers and wreckers, the lot of them, and the sooner we disabuse ourselves of any remants of notions contradictory, the quicker we can get on with building more equity, for humans and our ecosystem.
