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 Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have ordered prosecutors to open a standalone investigation into allegations of gender persecution by the Taliban, separating it from the court's long-running Afghanistan war crimes probe that covered US nationals, Middle East Eye can reveal. According to court documents obtained by MEE through independent sources, a three-judge panel in pre-trial chamber II issued the request