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littlemissmartypants

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Tue Sep 23, 2025, 10:45 PM Tuesday

Taliban forcing residents of several villages to leave, sign the mandatory transfer of their ancestral lands


Taliban forced residents of several villages in Panjab district to leave and initiate mandatory transfer of their lands
Sources in Bamyan province tell Amu [news service] ...snip... the Taliban have warned the people of Rashk, Tubak, Gali, Huz Mahmoud and several other villages to leave their homes. A number of residents in Panjab district who have fled due to the Taliban ... tell Amu they are now at risk of arrest and the Taliban have issued them a warrant for creating disunity.

A resident of Panjab Bamyan district said: "From the village of Gharghari and behind the Gharghari, five villages are under dispute, including one village, which was formed with the middle father of Yakawlang* district, and handed over the land to the nomads. The nomads sold the products [made their living off] of our lands.

Some families of Rashk village who are displaced from their homes and living in tents complain of the severe livelihood challenges and lack of shelter. A resident of Rashk village added: "Wealth, property, food and clothing were all driven out of their homes by Taliban support. We are still homeless in the mountains and tents and it is cold."

Earlier, sources in Bamyan had told AMU that the Taliban had forcefully displaced 25 families from the villages of Rashk, Peshte and Gharghari in the Panjab district. According to sources, the action was taken in Bamyan by the order of Abdullah Sarhadi, [and] has now crossed the borders of several villages.

The Taliban did not want to comment.
Source:
https://amu.tv/fa/201734/



Local Sources: Taliban’s Pashtun Leadership Enforces Mass Displacement in Bamyan, Deepening Ethnic Divides

Snip...This episode in Bamyan underscores the Taliban’s persistent use of coercion, intimidation, and ethnic favoritism as tools of governance. The displacement of local communities highlights the regime’s systematic undermining of human rights and social cohesion, demonstrating that under Taliban rule, Afghanistan remains a nation where the rights of ethnic minorities are systematically suppressed and the principles of justice and equality are subordinated to narrow political and tribal agendas.
Source:
https://rudabe.org/archives/29564


*Yakawlang was captured from the Taliban by the United Front forces (Hezbe Wahdat and Harakat Islami) on 28 December 2000, but was recaptured by the Taliban in early January 2001. Following its recapture, there were reports of mass arrests and summary executions carried out from 8–12 January 2001. A number of aid agency personnel and a United Nations staff member were among those who were killed.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakawlang
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