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Land-grabbing still in practice in Logar

Tens of thousands of acres of land has been usurped by powerful individuals and ordinary people in central Logar province, a practice still ongoing, officials said on Monday. A member of the provincial council, Mohammad Nasir Ghairat, told…

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Land-grabbing still in practice in Logar

Tens of thousands of acres of land has been usurped by powerful individuals and ordinary people in central Logar province, a practice still ongoing, officials said on Monday. A member of the provincial council, Mohammad Nasir Ghairat, told…

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74,000 acres of land grabbed in Nimroz

Land measuring 74,000 acres has been usurped by more than 100 individuals over the past few years in southwestern Nimroz province, local officials say. Only 1,350 acres of the usurped land has recently been retaken from their illegal…

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‘Mayor help strongmen encroach Baghlan pastures’

A number of provincial council members and residents of northern Baghlan province on Tuesday accused the provincial capital, Pul-i-Khumri, mayor of helping land usurpers in illegally occupying green areas. Over the past one year, more than 10 acres…

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Thousands of acres of land grabbed, but govt stays blasé

Local officials on Tuesday said 100,000 acres of land has been usurped by powerful individuals in southern Ghazni province, efforts for retaking the land are underway. Provincial police chief, Brig. Gen. Aminullah Amarkhel, confirmed to Pajhwok Afghan…

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65 land-grabbers arrested in Nangarhar: police

Police on Wednesday claimed reclaiming 3,119 jiribs (1,559.5 acres) of land from its illegal occupants and arresting 65 individuals in connection with the land-grab in eastern Nangarhar province. The development comes weeks after President Ashraf Ghani, during a…

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Thousands acres of govt land usurped in Paktika: governor

Government’s land measuring thousands of acres has been illegally occupied by powerful individuals in southeastern Paktika province, the governor said on Thursday. Aminullah Shariq told a press conference in Sharan, the provincial capital, tbhat local tribes sometimes entered…

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Nangarhar begins evicting illegal occupants from public land

The provincial administration has launched a campaign aimed at retaking government land from its illegal occupants in eastern Nangarhar province, the deputy governor said on Sunday. Mohammad Hanif Gardiwal, who oversaw a partial demolition of several residential homes…