Minorities | The Hazara Diaspora Network has launched a campaign on X to stop land seizures and the forced displacement of Hazaras and Shias by the Taliban

ACW | October 20, 2026 — The Hazara Diaspora Network launched a campaign on the social network X on Sunday, October 18, to stop land seizures and the forced displacement of Hazaras and Shias, Afghanistan International reported.

In an announcement posted on its website, the network said the campaign aims to stop land grabs, the confiscation of property and the forced displacement of Hazaras and Shias. According to Afghanistan International, the campaign will run until the end of October.

Shafaqna Afghanistan reported that the campaign uses the hashtags #StopHazaraForcedDisplacement and #StopHazaraGenocide. The network called on people to speak with one voice “for justice, human dignity, the right to life and the protection of citizens’ property and assets.”

The campaign focuses on the Omid-e Sabz township in western Kabul and the Nawabad area of Ghazni province. According to Afghanistan International, the Taliban announced this spring that they had identified more than 1,500 jeribs of land in Omid-e Sabz as “state land.”

The outlet also reported that in the Afghan month of Mizan the Taliban declared at least 1,843 jeribs of land in Nawabad, Ghazni, to be state land. The Taliban have not yet responded to the campaign.

Background: KabulNow has reported that thousands of Hazara and Shia families in Omid-e Sabz are being pressed to pay rent or leave their homes. Afghanistan International has also reported that the Taliban have closed several centres, media outlets and Khatam al-Nabiyyin University linked to Hazaras and Shias.

Why it matters: The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) reported that between July and September 2026 the Taliban closed at least 10 Shia institutions in Kabul and Ghazni. Together, these reports show pressure on this religious minority reaching both its religious institutions and its homes, an issue bound up with freedom of religion or belief and minority rights.

ACW will continue to follow this story.

Sources: Afghanistan International — Global Hazara campaign against Taliban land seizures and forced displacement; Shafaqna Afghanistan — Hazara Diaspora Network campaign to stop land seizures and forced displacement

Photo: Shafaqna Afghanistan