KABUL — Taliban’s commission tasked with recovering seized land announced Sunday that it has registered more than 12.7 million jeribs, 6.3 million acres, of land across the country as public property, reclaiming 32,600 acres of it only in Kabul.
At a press conference in Kabul, members of the Taliban Land Usurpation Prevention Commission said that nationwide, the total land identified for state ownership since the commission’s formation now exceeds 49.7 million jeribs, with 3.9 million jeribs formally recovered to date.
“This is an unprecedented effort to reclaim state land from illegal occupiers and usurpers,” said Mohammad Ismail Ghaznawi, a member of the Taliban commission, adding that efforts will continue until a new ministry is established to oversee the initiative.
The Taliban also reaffirmed their commitment to the New Kabul project, a large-scale housing and urban development plan originally launched under the previous government. According to the commission, 370,000 jeribs (roughly 182,800 acres) of land have been allocated for the project in Deh Sabz district, northeast of the capital.
“The New Kabul project is critical to the future of the city and a solution to the housing crisis,” a commission member said.
Although the project was formally relaunched under the Taliban administration, nearly four years into their rule, construction has yet to show significant progress. Talihan have provided no timeline or updates on infrastructure development or funding sources.
The Taliban’s campaign to recover public land is part of a broader effort to assert administrative control and restructure property management under their rule. However, land rights remain a sensitive issue in Afghanistan, where overlapping claims, lack of documentation, and past corruption have left ownership disputes unresolved across many regions.
