The Hague — A probe by the International Criminal Court (ICC) into possible war crimes in Afghanistan has "advanced significantly," the chief prosecutor said on Thursday, also announcing she may, for the first time, investigate jihadist atrocities in Libya. Chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the UN Security Council on Wednesday that she would make Libya "a priority" in 2017, due to "the widespread violence, lawlessness and impunity that currently prevails" there. Her office will "expand investigations in 2017" in Libya and will "consider bringing charges for … alleged serious criminal activity", which may "potentially include alleged crimes committed by Daesh," she said, referring to Islamic State (IS) by another name. Bensouda also told the UN in a speech she planned to apply for new arrest warrants for crimes arising out of the Libyan unrest and hoped to serve them "in the near future". Such moves would be the first by the court — set up in The Hague in 2002 to try the world’s w...
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