{"id":15335,"date":"2026-02-03T03:44:10","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:14:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/?p=15335"},"modified":"2026-02-03T03:44:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T23:14:10","slug":"hibatullah-orders-seizure-of-opponents-property-under-the-label-absentees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/hibatullah-orders-seizure-of-opponents-property-under-the-label-absentees\/","title":{"rendered":"Hibatullah Orders Seizure of Opponents\u2019 Property under the Label \u201cAbsentees\u201d."},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15339\" src=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/amokhalibeddffe.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/amokhalibeddffe.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/amokhalibeddffe-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/amokhalibeddffe-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/amokhalibeddffe-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/amokhalibeddffe-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Hibatullah Orders Seizure of Opponents\u2019 Property under the Label \u201cAbsentees\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader, has ordered that the property of \u201cabsent\u201d individuals and those accused of corruption be seized by the group\u2019s military courts.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Previously, the Taliban\u2019s administrative office managed property matters, but the new directive transfers all authority to military courts, formally legalizing the expropriation of citizens\u2019 assets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Under this order, property of \u201cabsentees\u201d will be preserved until return or final resolution, while assets of those accused of corruption will remain under military court control.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>It is unclear exactly who qualifies as an \u201cabsentee,\u201d but it appears that individuals who left the country due to fear of the Taliban or economic hardship are the main targets. Military courts in the provinces will also be responsible for reviewing and registering these properties.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Observers and human rights experts warn that this order officially legitimizes Taliban expropriation and extortion, creating a process similar to historical plunder by armed groups.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>\u00a0Previously, Taliban commanders in various provinces were accused of illegally seizing the property of migrants and former officials; the new directive effectively expands their authority for abuse and coercion.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hibatullah Orders Seizure of Opponents\u2019 Property under the Label \u201cAbsentees\u201d. Mullah Hibatullah Akhundzada, the Taliban leader, has ordered that the property of \u201cabsent\u201d individuals and those accused of corruption be seized by the group\u2019s military courts. Previously, the Taliban\u2019s administrative office managed property matters, but the new directive transfers all authority to military courts, formally [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15339,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15335","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-economic","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15335","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15335"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15335\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15347,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15335\/revisions\/15347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15335"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15335"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15335"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}