--- title: "ICC unseals arrest warrants for Taliban officials over gender-based charges" description: "Most outlets reported that the International Criminal Court (ICC) unsealed arrest warrants for Taliban officials, with a focus on education ministers accused of gender-based persecution. Several also named Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani as the two leaders targeted, and noted the warrants were issued last year. A few outlets, such as *Minute Mirror* and *Arab News Pakistan*, mentioned the number of suspects as four rather than two. Some, like *24 News HD* and *Dawn*, highlighted the alleged crimes against humanity related to restrictions on women and girls, while others framed the story more generally as the ICC providing or revealing details of the warrants." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/12490-icc-provides-more-details-on-arrest-warrants-for-two-taliban site: HarZaviya language: en --- # ICC unseals arrest warrants for Taliban officials over gender-based charges world · updated 6 Oct 2026, 12:45 PM PKT · 5–6 Oct 2026 · 12 articles from 11 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 11 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the International Criminal Court (ICC) unsealed arrest warrants for Taliban officials, with a focus on education ministers accused of gender-based persecution. Several also named Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani as the two leaders targeted, and noted the warrants were issued last year. A few outlets, such as *Minute Mirror* and *Arab News Pakistan*, mentioned the number of suspects as four rather than two. Some, like *24 News HD* and *Dawn*, highlighted the alleged crimes against humanity related to restrictions on women and girls, while others framed the story more generally as the ICC providing or revealing details of the warrants. ## Same story from 11 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Aaj News (English)** — [ICC unseals arrest warrants for four senior Taliban figures](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330475412/icc-unseals-arrest-warrants-for-four-senior-taliban-figures) · 6 Oct 2026, 12:45 PM PKT > The International Criminal Court (ICC) has unsealed four arrest warrants against senior Taliban figures over the alleged persecution of women and girls in Afghanistan. The ICC judges made public warrants for Taliban Supreme Leader Haibatullah Akhundzada and Chief Justice Abdul Hakim Haqqani, along with two other suspects, Habibullah Agha and Neda Mohammad Nadim. The court said there were reason... - **Business Recorder** — [ICC unseals arrest warrants for Taliban education ministers](https://www.brecorder.com/news/40442835/icc-unseals-arrest-warrants-for-taliban-education-ministers) · 6 Oct 2026, 6:37 AM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing > THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court on Monday unsealed arrest warrants for two Afghan education ministers accused of committing crimes against humanity through the Taliban government’s restrictions on women and girls. The warrants, for Habibullah Agha, minister of education, and Neda Mohammad Nadeem, minister of higher education, were issued in September 2025 but remained under seal unt... - **24 News HD** — [ICC gives more details about arrest warrants for Taliban ministers](https://www.24newshd.tv/06-Oct-2026/icc-gives-details-arrest-warrants-taliban-ministers) · 6 Oct 2026, 12:22 AM PKT · 74% identical wording to the newest filing > The International Criminal Court on Monday gave more details about arrest warrants issued last year for two Afghan education ministers accused of committing crimes against humanity through the Taliban government's restrictions on women and girls. - **Dunya News** — [ICC unseals arrest warrants for Afghan Taliban education ministers accused of gender-based persecution](https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/976304-icc-unseals-arrest-warrants-for-afghan-taliban-education-ministers-acc) · 5 Oct 2026, 11:34 PM PKT · 66% identical wording to the newest filing > Women are increasingly absent from public life and need to abide by a strict dress code when they leave home, covering everything but their eyes - **Minute Mirror** — [ICC unseals arrest warrants against four senior Ta...](https://minutemirror.com.pk/icc-unseals-arrest-warrants-against-four-senior-taliban-leaders-over-alleged-gender-persecution-640117/) · 5 Oct 2026, 10:51 PM PKT · 91% identical wording to the newest filing > The International Criminal Court (ICC) has unsealed four arrest warrants against senior Taliban figures over alleged persecution - **Dawn** — [ICC unseals arrest warrants for Afghan Taliban education ministers accused of gender-based persecution](https://www.dawn.com/news/2034973/icc-unseals-arrest-warrants-for-afghan-taliban-education-ministers-accused-of-gender-based-persecution) · 5 Oct 2026, 10:36 PM PKT · 80% identical wording to the newest filing > The International Criminal Court on Monday unsealed arrest warrants for two Afghan Taliban education ministers accused of committing crimes against humanity through the Taliban government’s restrictions on women and girls. The warrants, for Habibullah Agha, minister of education, and Neda Mohammad Nadeem, minister of higher education, were issued in Sept 2025 but remained under seal until Monda... - **Arab News Pakistan** — [ICC will unseal arrest warrants for 4 Taliban leaders wanted on gender persecution charges](https://www.arabnews.pk/world/icc-will-unseal-arrest-warrants-for-4-taliban-leaders-wanted-on-gender-persecution-charges-3003266) · 5 Oct 2026, 8:56 PM PKT · 86% identical wording to the newest filing - **Hum News English** — [ICC provides more details on arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders](https://humenglish.com/latest/icc-provides-more-details-on-arrest-warrants-for-two-taliban-leaders/) · 5 Oct 2026, 8:51 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > AMSTERDAM: The International Criminal Court provided more details on Monday on arrest warrants issued last year for two Taliban leaders, Haibatullah Akhundzada, the group's supreme spiritual leader, and Abdul Hakim Haqqani, who has been chief justice since 2021. The ICC had already announced the existence of the warrants in July 2025, saying the men were accused of committing the crime against ... - **ARY News (English)** — [ICC reveals details of warrants against Taliban supreme leader, chief justice](https://arynews.tv/icc-reveals-details-of-warrants-against-taliban-supreme-leader-chief-justice) · 5 Oct 2026, 8:45 PM PKT · 78% identical wording to the newest filing > AMSTERDAM: The International Criminal Court provided more details on Monday on arrest warrants issued last ​year for two Taliban leaders.. - **Geo News** — [ICC provides more details on arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders](https://www.geo.tv/latest/685129-icc-provides-more-details-on-arrest-warrants-for-two-taliban-leaders) · 5 Oct 2026, 7:58 PM PKT · 81% identical wording to the newest filing > This collage of picture shows Taliban leaders Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani. — Reuters/X/@bnapashto/File ICC provides details on arrest warrants for Akhundzada, Haqqani.Suspects allegedly committed crimes against humanity, says ICC.Half of Afghan women... - **The Express Tribune** — [ICC provides more details on arrest warrants for two Taliban leaders](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2633132/icc-provides-more-details-on-arrest-warrants-for-two-taliban-leaders) · 5 Oct 2026, 5:18 PM PKT · 78% identical wording to the newest filing > Court issued arrest warrants for Haibatullah Akhundzada and Abdul Hakim Haqqani last year 12 articles from 11 outlets, 5–6 Oct 2026. 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