KABUL Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) on Wednesday asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to intervene and investigate war crimes and human rights violations in Afghanistan because the domestic system lacked the ability to undertake prosecutions itself.
AIHRC head Seema Samar expressed these views at a conference “Supporting the Rights of Victims of Terrorism and Violent Clashes” here. She said the ICC could intervene because the government had failed to try war criminals.
Samar stressed the need for international lobbing to pave the way for the . . .









