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mike pompeo pulls visas for international criminal court officials

Pompeo's decision puts personal pressure on International Criminal Court, European-based tribunal that is trying to investigate whether war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed since U.S of Afghanistan. ... ICC Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda asked the in 2017 for the authority to..

us threatens international criminal court

ICC judges will determine whether an Afghanistan investigation will be opened. ... Afghanistan, however, is an ICC member country, giving the ICC authority to investigate and prosecute crimes committed by their nationals or by anyone on Afghan territory. . ..

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trump admin to ban entry of international criminal court investigators

The unprecedented move came amid pending request by ICC office to open probe into war crimes by Afghan or U.S Afghanistan and vehement of the court, threatened September.. ... The prosecutor for ICC has request pending to investigate war crimes Afghanistan linked to Afghan and U.S..

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The US invaded Afghanistan in October 2001 and overthrew a Taliban regime in power at the time. ... Trump had also pledged during his election campaign to end US military presence in Iraq and Afghanistan. ..

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