Stabilization of pastures and government lands in Badakhshan; Taliban ready to relocate nomads and Pashtuns.
Sources from Badakhshan say that the Taliban recently sent a delegation consisting of people from Kandahar and Helmand to Badakhshan province to stabilize government ownership and pastures in the province.
Local sources add that the composition of this delegation did not include a single native Badakhshan person and all its members were from the Pashtun tribe.
A quick survey of this delegation shows that the amount of pastures in Badakhshan is estimated to be millions of jeribs and this information was reported to Kandahar to accelerate the process of settling nomads and Pashtun families.
Residents of Badakhshan have expressed concern about the presence of this delegation and the stabilization of ownership and believe that this action is a sign of the dominance of Kandahar and Helmand people over the province.
They warn that after seizing government lands and pastures, the Taliban may also take over the lands and homes of local people.
These concerns have increased public discontent and concern about the future of the economic and social security of Badakhshan residents.
Experts and local sources believe that the Taliban’s main goal in this move is to displace nomads and settle their own Pashtun tribe in northern Afghanistan.
The process of consolidating ownership and pastures is designed to prepare areas of Badakhshan and other northern provinces to accept nomads and people trusted by the regime.
These measures are taking place at a time when opposition from local residents and social concerns about changing ethnic composition and land grabbing have intensified in the north of the country.
