Taliban Demolish Homes, Businesses and Historic Cemetery for Road Projects in Kabul
Kabul is undergoing significant infrastructure changes as the Taliban implement a road modernization plan that includes demolishing numerous houses, businesses and parts of cemeteries.
The plan was originally designed under the previous US-supported Afghan government but was stalled for years by bureaucracy, corruption and the Taliban insurgency.
Nematullah Barakzai, spokesman for the Taliban municipality, said 450 kilometers of roads have been built in Kabul in the past four and a half years. He said 11,278 properties have been confiscated and more than 28 billion afghanis collected in that time, equivalent to about 434 million dollars.
In one example, in the Qala-e Khater area, part of a 200-year-old cemetery is being demolished for a new road. Graves are being emptied and bodies transferred elsewhere.
The demolitions are causing a housing shortage in Kabul and pushing up house rents.
The Taliban municipality continues to pursue the infrastructure upgrades despite the challenges posed to the city's population.
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