Taliban Says 81 Investors Returned to Afghanistan, 288 Jeribs of Land Allocated
The Taliban administration says 81 traders and industrialists have returned to Afghanistan over the past two years and 288 jeribs of land have been allocated to them. According to the administration, the individuals have invested a total of $68 million, creating 4,661 direct jobs.
Mullah Hamdullah Fitrah, the Taliban administration’s spokesman, released the figures and said the conditions for these people to operate had been provided. He did not give further details on the location of the land, the types of investments or the specific sectors involved.
The figures come as employment, investment and the economic outlook in Afghanistan remain among the main concerns of citizens and business activists. The Taliban administration has so far not explained in which provinces these investments were made or what share they have had in sustainably improving the economic situation.
A jerib is one of the common units of land measurement in Afghanistan and is widely used in news reports related to land distribution or allocation. Returning traders and industrialists usually refers to people who, after leaving Afghanistan, have returned to the country again to engage in economic activity.
