Hazara land confiscation under court order.
Reports from Ghazni province indicate that the Taliban have begun a widespread process of confiscating and reclaiming land under the guise of “government ownership”;
A process that has raised widespread concerns, especially in areas inhabited by non-Pashtun ethnic groups.
In the most recent case, Taliban officials in Ghazni have announced that 1,843 acres of land in an area called “Shahrak Nawab” in the center of the province have been recognized as government property.
According to the Taliban governor’s spokesman, this decision was made after reviewing documents and evidence by a special court that handles cases of usurped land in the central zone.
Local sources, however, say that these courts operate under direct Taliban influence and that their rulings often favor individuals affiliated with the group.
Meanwhile, local sources and human rights reports confirm that in recent years, the Taliban have declared land belonging to Hazara, Tajik, and Uzbek families as “state” in several provinces, including Badakhshan, Takhar, Kunduz, Bamyan, Daikundi, Samangan, and parts of Ghazni, and then transferred it to individuals close to them, especially Taliban nomads and Pashtuns.
