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ICC Judges Turn Down Request for Afghanistan War Crimes Probe
by AFP
April 13, 2019

Judges at the International Criminal Court Friday turned down a request to open a war crimes probe in Afghanistan, a week after Washington revoked the court’s chief prosecutor’s visa over the case. “The judges decided that an investigation into the situation in Afghanistan at this stage would not serve the interests of justice,” the Hague-based court said in a statement. Fatou Bensouda’s U.S. visa was revoked over a possible probe involving American soldiers’ actions since 2003 in the bloody Afghan conflict. READ MORE

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