Photo: ReutersAn International Criminal Court investigation of possible war crimes by US forces in Afghanistan is not "warranted or appropriate," the US State Department said on Tuesday after prosecutors in The Hague found initial grounds for such a probe. "The United States is deeply committed to complying with the law of war," Trudeau told reporters at a news briefing. The United States occupied Afghanistan in 2001 as it went after al Qaeda leaders behind the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington. The ICC was established in 1998 to prosecute war crimes and crimes against humanity. But she said the US military was held to "the highest possible standards" and the US had systems of accountability capable of dealing with war crimes allegations.

Source: Otago Daily Times November 16, 2016 00:44 UTC