The government has identified over 17,000 land grabber and stressed on the prevention of further land usurpation, a minister said on Wednesday. Justice Minister Fazal Ahmad Manavi, while chairing a meeting of the High Board of Government Disputes,…
Police in eastern Nangarhar province have been trying to arrest a number of individuals, including a Wolesi Jirga candidate, in a land-grabbing case, officials said on Tuesday. The Nangarhar police have asked the Attorney General Office (AGO) to…
Some relatives of lawmaker Shaista Baz Nasari on Sunday alleged the lawmaker has usurped their more than 1,000 acres of family land. But Nasari, a member of parliament from northern Kunduz province, rejected the allegations as a…
Police say they have prevented dozens of acres of government land from being usurped in the Tagab district of central Kapisa province. Tagab district police chief Mohammad Naeem Safi told Pajhwok Afghan News people had encroached upon…
KABUL. MoJ spokesman Mohammad Aman Reyazat told a press conference here that thousands of acres of grabbed land in capital Kabul and provinces had been recovered by the ministry’s restoration team last solar year. However, he did not provide further…
Above 14,000 acres of state and private land has been usurped by powerful individuals and government officials in northern Baghlan province, Pajhwok Afghan News has learnt. According to the Land Authority, the list of 1,744 land grabbers has…
Powerful individuals have encroached upon around 42 acres of land belonging to a teacher’s township in central Parwan province, officials said Sunday. Zalmai Shahid, Parwan education, the provincial capital. He said 668 plots or 120 acres of the…
Despite president’s order, major land-grabbers are yet to be dragged to court in eastern Nangarhar province over the past two years, Pajhwok Afghan News has learnt. During his trip to Nangarhar in 2015, President Ashraf Ghani had ordered…
The Afghanistan Independent Land Authority’s acting director for western Herat province on Wednesday claimed receiving death threats over his actions against land-grabbers. Abdul Malik Katibi told a press conference here that despite retaking thousands of acres of…
Nearly 125,000 acres of land has been usurped in northern Balkh province during the past one and a half decades, a public representative said Saturday. Balkh provincial council head, Dr. Mohammad Afzal Hadid, told Pajhwok Afghan News that…
Hundreds of residents on Wednesday protested against land grabbers and blocked the Kabul-Gardez highway in central Logar province for traffic. The protest was attended by hundreds local tribal elders and residents of Mohammad Agha district. Chanting “death to…
KABUL Independent Land Authority (AILA) on Wednesday said more than 650,000 acres of land has been usurped by powerful individuals in 30 provinces of the country. Ghulam Hussain Rahmani, AILA spokesman, said the government has a strong will to retake…
More than 170 people accused of usurping government land have recently been introduced to the attorneys in eastern Laghman province, officials said on Monday. The crackdown on illegal land grabbers comes amid an ongoing strike by hundreds of…
A new investigative report claims nearly two million acres of land was usurped by 15,800 individuals in 18 provinces of the country under former president Hamid Karzai during the past 14 years. The survey in three chapters and…
Forty-six people detained on land-grabbing charges have been referred to the attorney office in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Monday. Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News efforts had been stepped to reclaim the lands…
The governor of southern Helmand province on Saturday claimed some people in Garamser district had grabbed government land, fuelling insecurity and related problems in the town. “Let’s find a legitimate solution to the problem of land-grab cases, because…
