RASC News Agency: Sources from Kunduz province report that the Taliban have recently decided to resettle hundreds of families expelled from Pakistan in this province. These families are to be settled in the Dasht-e-Archi district, near the Tajikistan border.
According to a decision made in a meeting led by Aman Hassan, the Taliban’s Director of Agriculture in Kunduz, on Monday, June 3, the process of land distribution and resettlement will commence. As per this decision, the deported families will be allocated 200 acres of land along the Amu River.
The meeting also indicated that the process of reclaiming land in Dasht-e-Archi will continue to accommodate more families. Over the past two years, the Taliban have resettled thousands of migrant families, whose origins are unclear and who speak non-native languages, in several northern provinces, particularly in Takhar and Kunduz, which border Tajikistan.
This process has intensified in recent months following the expulsion of hundreds of families by Pakistan. Local residents report that the newcomers are unfamiliar with the local language and customs, and their identities remain unclear. Last year, the Taliban evicted at least 500 families from a village in the Khwaja Bahauddin district in Takhar and handed their homes to Waziristani nomads. They also resettled hundreds of other families in different border areas of Takhar.
In recent months, the Taliban have continued to align themselves with these newcomers and have been seizing land from local residents. Although locals have resisted and stood against these foreign groups, they were ultimately forced to relinquish their demands and properties due to the Taliban’s military pressure.
Several experts believe that the destabilization of northern Afghanistan and the seizure of local lands by migrant families, supported by the Taliban, aim to escalate conflict and tension in the region.
