Taliban Form Special Security Unit to Counter Land Grabbing

DID Press: Taliban-run Ministry of Justice announced the formation of a special security unit tasked with enforcing rulings issued by the Commission for Preventing Land Grabbing, as the government continues to confirm state ownership of thousands of acres of land and several residential townships across various provinces.

According to the ministry, the decision was made during a recent meeting of the Commission for Preventing Land Grabbing and the Recovery of State Lands, where it was agreed to establish a dedicated unit to enforce judicial decisions and protect government-owned land.

Barakatullah Rasouli, spokesperson for the ministry, said the force will be responsible for implementing court orders concerning disputed lands in provinces including Herat, Helmand, and Balkh. He added that authorities are also reviewing more than 24,000 acres of land and verifying public grazing areas in Ghor province.

The ministry further said that over the past three years, the government has secured ownership of nine residential townships in Kabul, Balkh, Maidan Wardak, Ghazni, and Nangarhar, totaling more than 50,000 acres.

The commission stressed that all decisions have been made based on valid documents, and that no ethnic or regional considerations have influenced the process.

According to the Taliban Ministry of Justice, around four million acres of state land have been reclaimed from illegal seizure over the past three years. The ministry described the effort as part of a broader initiative to “protect public rights and combat land grabbing.”