Taliban Detain Shia Community Elders in Kabul’s Omid-e-Sabz Township

DID Press: Forces affiliated with the Taliban’s Ministry of Justice have detained several local representatives and community elders from the Shia community following a dispute over ownership of land in Omid-e-Sabz township in western Kabul.

According to published reports, the detainees were summoned to the Ministry of Justice before being transferred to the Kabul provincial governor’s detention facility. Haji Abdul Hakim Jafari, a local community activist, is among those detained.

Another individual was released after questioning.The arrests come amid the Taliban’s efforts to declare the land in Omid-e-Sabz township state-owned and evict residents from their homes.

In mid-October, several representatives of the township were also detained and later released after giving written commitments to vacate their homes.