Land disputes add to Afghanistan’s security woes

IRIN Asia | Analysis: Land disputes add to Afghanistan’s security woes | Afghanistan | Conflict | Security:

“That’s going to be the next big conflict in Afghanistan,” warns Barmak Pazhwak, a US Institute of Peace (USIP) senior programme officer, in a recent report. “This is a very risky thing because the conflict will be all over the country and will be really unmanageable.”
In a 2008 survey by Oxfam, respondents said land issues were the leading cause of insecurity. “With arms widely available, these disagreements can easily escalate and flare into violence,” Oxfam said. Higher-profile fights between government and international forces and anti-government militants were considered far less important."