Forbes: In November 2024, the Guardian, the Centre for Information Resilience’s Afghan Witness project, Lighthouse Reports and the Afghan news outlets Zan Times and Etilaat Roz published the findings of their investigation into the Taliban’s “regeneration program” across Kabul. According to the report, the Taliban began the “redevelopment” in Kabul soon after returning to power in August 2021 and continues to this day. Their analysis of satellite imagery revealed that 1.56 sq km (385 acres) of the city was flattened. While the Taliban claim that such demolitions were part of the “regeneration program” of the area, it now transpires that the Taliban had a brutal impact on the most vulnerable communities, such as minorities or internally displaced people (IDPs). Among others, the Hazara and Tajik minorities are significantly affected, raising the question of whether the destruction is in part linked to ethnicity. Click here to read more (external link).