Land Disputes in Afghanistan: Implications for the Warfighter

摘要

Beyond the most obvious examples, the June offensive into Kandahar in southern Afghanistan will produce a number of issues that center exclusively on landownership and occupation. Displaced families will move onto someone else's land; combat outpost expansion in support of the campaign's "hold and build" phases will require proper land management; and reliance on the Taliban to resolve land disputes will further the image that the government is inept and corrupt. The changing nature of the Kuchis from nomads into a stationary population will complicate the issue even more.