The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Wednesday said that the Afghan government and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague are assessing the recent attacks in Afghan
The Taliban battled government forces in and around several Afghan cities on August 12, officials said, amid reports that the militants had captured most of Ghazni City, 150 kilometers southwest of Kabul.
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ICC, Afghan Govt Investigating Recent Mass Killings
The Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on Wednesday said that the Afghan government and the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague are assessing the recent attacks in Afghanistan that targeted civilians.
Hamid Tahzib, the deputy spokesman of the Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs, on Wednesday said that Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Hanif Atmar during his recent trip to Holland raised the issue with prosecutors from The Hague.
Meanwhile, a number of lawmakers in Afghanistan’s Parliament on Wednesday said that the Afghan government has failed to prevent mass killings of the Hazara people, and insisted that these attacks on Hazara people must be considered genocide.
Trilateral Meeting Held in Turkey to Revive Stalled Afghan Talks
Foreign ministers from Afghanistan, Turkey and Pakistan held a meeting in Istanbul on Friday in an effort to revive the Afghan peace process days after a key UN-led conference was postponed due to non-participation of the Taliban.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey in a statement said that in their meeting, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt Çavuşoğlu, Afghan Foreign Minister Mohammad Haneef Atmar, and Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi reiterated their commitment to support a peaceful, sovereign, independent, democratic and unified Afghanistan.
The three ministers recognized that sustainable peace can be achieved only through an inclusive Afghan-led and Afghan-owned political process that aims for a permanent and comprehensive ceasefire along with an inclusive political settlement to end the conflict in Afghanistan.