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US faces war-crimes investigations following an International Criminal Court ruling
US troops walk through Fallujah, Iraq, in 2004

THE United States is to be investigated for alleged war crimes in Afghanistan following an International Criminal Court (ICC) ruling today.

The court overturned an April 2019 decision blocking a probe into the actions of US troops, Taliban guerillas and Afghan government forces.

ICC chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has been pressing for formal investigations into alleged US war crimes since 2017. 

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