Afghanistan

This meeting between foreign ministers is the highest-level delegation publicized since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.

Nearly 200,000 Afghans have been resettled in the US with SIVs or as refugees since 2021. Trump's victorious 2024 reelection campaign included promises of strict immigration policies.

The Taliban claimed the ICC should “not attempt to impose a particular interpretation of human rights on the entire world and ignore the religious and national values of people..."

The Afghanistan probe is one of the longest by ICC prosecutors and has been beset by legal and practical delays.

"We request the leaders of the Islamic Emirate to open the doors of education," the Taliban's acting deputy foreign minister said.

“What was unleashed because of what happened in Afghanistan? The Oct. 7 attacks, an invasion into Ukraine,” Hegseth said.

Yousafzai asked to "openly challenge and denounce the Taliban's oppressive laws" and for political leaders to support the addition of gender apartheid to crimes against humanity.

The statement from the Defence Ministry did not specify Pakistan but said the strikes were conducted "beyond the 'hypothetical line.'"

Taliban targets academics, overhauls curricula, and enforces extremist ideologies, dismantling Afghan education.

The session also reaffirmed the role of NGOs and humanitarian work in Afghanistan and the necessity of helping Afghans who are suffering in the ongoing humanitarian crisis.