8am: Local sources in Takhar province say a Taliban commander has seized people’s lands by force. According to sources, the Taliban commander has usurped the personal property of the people in the Khwaja Bahauddin district of the province. Click here to read more (external link).
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 22, 2021 Human Rights Watch (HRW) accuses the Taliban of forcibly displacing hundreds of families across Afghanistan, mainly as a form of “collective punishment” against ethnic Shi’ite Hazaras and people associated with the former government. Since the hard-line Sunni group came to power in August, the Taliban has ordered Hazaras
By RFE/RL’s Radio Azadi October 19, 2021 The Taliban’s acting interior minister, Sirajuddin Haqqani, a wanted global terrorist and one of the country’s most senior officials, has praised suicide attackers and promised their relatives money and land. Haqqani, the leader of the notorious Haqqani network and listed as a terrorist by the United States with a
#BREAKING: Hazara leader, Mohammad Mohaqiq says, Taliban had forced Hazaras to leave their home in Daikundi. "I was informed that the Taliban had deployed their forces into the Kandir area, ousted Hazaras from their fertile lands & then distributed the lands to their supporters. — Tajuden Soroush (@TajudenSoroush) September 23, 2021 A letter from the
Tolo News: A debate in the Wolesi Jirga (Lower House of Parliament) over a recent controversial land deal between government and Alokozay Group of Companies exposed predictable divisions among lawmakers on Tuesday when chairman of parliament’s Transport and Telecommunication Commission slammed the accord as violation of the prevailing laws of the country and urged the contract’s
Tolo News: Nangarhar Provincial Council warns that if government authorities do not arrest land grabbers, more land will be usurped. A number of council members say that government not only banned land grabbing, but also the phenomena is increasing day by day in the province. However, local authorities in Nangarhar say that they have plans in hand to
The Washington Post: HERAT, AFGHANISTAN — Amid the city’s swirling winds, construction crews work steadily to create a new downtown strip that, someday, will include high-rise office towers and thousands of new homes. That’s bad news for people like Nesar Ahmad Papalzai who have watched the rising property values in their city in western Afghanistan contribute to
1TV: Former Afghan governor Abdul Basir Salangi has grabbed government land in north Kabul. The issue came to light after authorities visited the site to clear the constructed buildings and reclaim the land in Badam Bagh area. As they started operation, guards affiliated to Salangi, who was governor of Parwan during Karzai rule, arrived at the site forcing