Over 920 acres registered as state land in Ghazni
About 921.5 acres of land in the Nawabad area of Ghazni city, the capital of southern Ghazni province, have been officially registered as state property, the governor’s office said on Thursday.
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25 acres of usurped land wrested back in Kabul
The Land Grab Prevention and Restitution Commission (LGPRC) has recovered 25 acres from 162.5 acres of usurped land in front of the Nasaji factory in Bagrami district in Kabul province, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said on Sunday.…
Ghazni residents donate 20 acres of land for schools this year
Residents of southern Ghazni province have so far this year donated 20 acres of their land for construction of schools in the provincial capital and districts, officials said on Saturday. The education officials said the government alone…
Herat land transport revenue jumps fivefold this year
Officials of the Land Transport Department of western Herat province say their department’s revenue has increased by five percent in the last two months compared to the entire last one year’s returns, showing a total of five-fold…
‘70pc Takhar rain-fed land to produce no crop due to drought’
Seventy percent of the rain-fed land measuring 350 hectors will not produce any yield this year in northern Takhar province due to drought, an official said on Tuesday. Agriculture Director Mawlavi Abdul Rahim Ahadi told Pajhwok Afghan News…
Above 2000 acres of govt land wrested back in Paktika
Above 2000 acres of state land has been wrested back from illegal occupants in southeastern Paktika province, an official said on Saturday. Justice department director Mualvi Hayatullah Amin told Pajhwok Afghan News that the campaign to reclaim usurped…
5 killed over land disputes in Laghman, Uruzgan
Five people were killed and a sixth injured in separate clashes over land dispute in Uruzgan and Laghman provinces, officials said on Saturday. The first incident took place in KhasUruzgan district of Uruzgan province in which…
15 Kabul townships under review for determining grabbed land
The Ministry of Justice says it has examined the documents of 15 residential townships in capital Kabul and its districts to identify grabbed land plots. The Ministry of Justice announced in a statement that on November 27, the…
2,427 acres of Canal Department’s land remain usurped
Due to former officials’ negligence and corruption, 2,427 acres of the Canal Department’s land in eastern Nangarhar province could not be retrieved from 1,147 grabbers, Pajhwok Afghan News has reliably learnt. Land grabbed by individuals range from a…
Jalalabad municipality illegally allots land to 643 people
The municipality of Jalalabad city, the capital of eastern Nangarhar province, has illegally distributed land plots to 643 people in violation of the order of former president and Independent Directorate of Local Governance (IDLG). Municipality officials deny the…
Khostis protest against illegal land distribution
Youth and civil society activists in southeastern Khost province on Monday staged a protest demonstration against illegal distribution of state land by local officials. The protestors who gathered in front of Khost governor’s house in the provincial…
40,000 acres of govt land remains usurped in Jawzjan
Local officials say 400 acres of land has been recovered from its grabbers in northern Jawzjan province where 40,000 acres of land remains usurped. Sayed Mohammad Jafar Mesbah, the justice department head, during an interview with Pajhwok Afghan…
Ghor Women Affairs Deptt land-grab case being probed
The government has appointed a delegation to closely follow the land-grabbing issue of the Women Affairs Department of western Ghor province after being revealed by Pajhwok Afghan News about a month ago. According to a Pajhwok report on…
Land around Samangan’s Hazarsum historic site usurped
Local officials say a number of local people have usurped land around the Hazarsum historical site in Hazrat Sultan district of northern Samangan province by creating caves for keeping their livestock. Samangan information and culture director Aziz Rahman…
My years-long protest not bearing fruit, says Najibullah
A physically-challenged person in capital Kabul says he lived in his a protest tent for years in the hope to recover his usurped land and get the court’s order in his favor enforced. Police say they have attempted…
List of Balkh land-grabbers being prepared: Official
A list of people accused of illegally occupying more than 50,000 acres of state land in northern Balkh will be shared with the media soon, an official said on Monday. The provincial Urban Development and Land Department head,…
33,000 acres of govt, private land grabbed in Kandahar
Local officials say 33,000 acres of government and private land has been grabbed in southern Kandahar province, hampering different projects. Most of the land has been grabbed by strongmen, who have sold it, according to officials. Efforts…
Sar-i-Pul residents dedicate 275 acres land to schools
Residents of northern Sar-i-Pul province have donated 275 acres of land, costing 35 million afghanis, to 115 schools, an official said on Saturday. Education Director Abdul Ghafoor said the people donated 550,000 square metres of land in the…
Hundreds acres of hillside land usurped near Pul-i-Alam
Provincial council members of central Logar province say hundreds of acres of land has been usurped on the Mirabdal Mountain’s side near Pul-i-Alam, the provincial capital. On the other hand, Logar municipality officials say a commission has been…
Taliban collect most part of crop harvest from Ghani’s land
Taliban insurgents collect most part of the crop yield from hundreds of acres of land belonging to President Ashraf Ghani in central Logar province. Abdul Baqi Ahmadzai, an elder in the Mohammad Agha district, who is close to…
Efforts underway to retake state lands grabbed in Herat
The Land Authority of western Herat province has created a database in compliance with a presidential order to determine the status of the state-owned land in the province. Haris Akhtarzada, director of the authority, told Pajhwok Afghan…
