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Image: Maxar Technologies via Google Earth, October 2021

On 24 March 2024, mediaoutletsreported that the Taliban surrounded the residence and office of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, leader of the Hizb-e Islami party, located in Kabul City’s Dar-ul Aman area.

Some sources claimed that Hekmatyar had been apprehended and was subsequently transferred to a detention facility under the control of the Taliban’s Minister of Justice. Other sources indicated that Hekmatyar’s bodyguards had beendisarmed and his vehicles seized.

Later the same day, Karim Amin, a senior member of the Hizb-e Islami party,told Afghanistan International: “The Hizb-e Islami office is definitely not under siege; however, it was decided to change the residence of the leader and the office of the party.” According to Afghanistan International, the dispute is over the land of Hekmatyar’s house and office, which the Taliban claim belongs to the Ministry of Defence.

In October 2023, the Taliban’s M