Exclusive: ICC judges order Taliban case split from Afghanistan probe that covers US troops

Exclusive: ICC judges order Taliban case split from Afghanistan probe that covers US troops Submitted by Sondos Asem on Fri, 08/07/2026 - 10:20 Decision by pre-trial chamber comes after the Trump administration threatened to 'dismantle' the ICC over the Afghanistan and Palestine investigations Judge Rosario Salvatore Aitala, vice-president of the ICC and president of pre-trial chamber II (ICC/file photo) Off Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ordered prosecutors to open a standalone investigation