Residents of the Qasaba area in Kabul say that officials from the Taliban's National Development Corporation evicted approximately 20 families from the basements of four residential blocks on Sunday, October 25.
According to the affected families, they are impoverished and unable to afford rent. They had been living in these basements for years with the agreement of the blocks' residents and the former state-run housing company.
One of the women living in these basements stated that her family cannot even afford the cost of moving their belongings due to her husband's disability and their lack of a eadwinner. The families said they were not provided with any alternative housing upon their eviction.
The eviction has left these vulnerable families in a dire situation, especially with the approach of winter. Human rights observers have expressed concern over the lack of support for those displaced.
This event occurs as the Taliban's Ministry of Urban Development announced that the process of repossessing 521 apartments in Kabul's Sheikh Zayed Town has been finalized. The ministry had warned owners who failed to pay their installments to vacate their apartments.
These actions reflect the Taliban administration's strict policy regarding state property and housing, but they also create severe hardships for poor and vulnerable families in desperate need of shelter.
Source: Residents of Qasaba, Kabul
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