Nearly 600,000 acres of usurped state land reclaimed over past year

Officials at the Commission to Fight Land Grabbers said during their annual accountability report that in the past year, almost 600,000 acres of usurped state-owned land has been reclaimed across Afghanistan. 

Ehsanullah Wasiq, Secretary of Land Grab Prevention Commission, said so far over 790 million acres of land has been assessed. 

Wasiq added that work on the Kabul New City project will start soon. He said land grabbers had prevented the project from going ahead in the past.

“You will witness the opening of Kabul New City project, all the obstacles have been removed, a number of companies are ready and have transferred all their equipment there, which will be inaugurated in the coming days, Inshallah,” said Wasiq.

He also said that the case of the Ainu Mina township in Kandahar has been entrusted to a special court in the province.

In addition, this commission has identified more than 41,000 acres of land in Kabul that has been usurped and the process of reclaiming the land will start soon.

The commission’s officials have mentioned that they plan to reclaim three million acres of land by the end of this year.

According to them, all townships that are built on government land will be reviewed in the future.