Residents of eastern Nangarhar province who were displaced by Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) fighting under the former Afghan republic say the Taliban have failed to deliver on promises to rebuild their destroyed homes, and infrastructure.
Civilians from Haska Mina, Achin, Spin Ghar, Kot, Naziyan and Dur Baba districts told Afghanistan International that clashes during the previous government left their homes, roads, farmland, mosques and health centres in ruins. Many remain without shelter nearly four years later.
The residents say both the former administration and the Taliban pledged reconstruction but no action has been taken. They also report that past fighting destroyed markets, halted economic activity and caused major financial losses.
Displaced families from Haska Mina said Taliban migration officials told them last year that foreign aid agencies would rebuild their areas, but they have seen no follow-up.
Some now live in camps in Kabul or in Jalalabad city, while others have returned to their devastated home areas, struggling to survive among the ruins.
Local estimates put the number of families displaced by the conflict at around 23,000. Many had fled to Pakistan but returned after Islamabad intensified deportations of Afghan migrants.
