UN envoy urges world court to prosecute Afghan gender discrimination

FILE PHOTO: A beauty salon with defaced pictures of women is seen in Kabul, Afghanistan, July 6, 2023. REUTERS/Ali Khara/File Photo

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The International Criminal Court (ICC) should recognize gender discrimination in Afghanistan as a crime against humanity and investigate it with the aim of prosecuting those responsible, U.N. global education envoy Gordon Brown said on Tuesday.

On the second anniversary of the Taliban's return to power as U.S.-led forces withdrew after 20 years of war, Brown said he had written to ICC prosecutor Karim Khan to argue his point.