The Afghan Institute for Strategic Studies launched the findings of its latest research “Power, Inequality, and Local Land Conflict in Afghanistan: A Study of Kabul’s Peri-Urban Areas" on Thursday 7th July 2019. The research on ‘Land Conflict’ in Afghanistan focuses on how power hierarchies and structural inequality are often associated with conflicts over land in Kabul’s peri-urban areas. Mr. Hadi Ayoobi, one of the AISS Researchers on the project, outlined how project identified different power hierarchies that feed inequality and land-related conflicts. Detailing how land grabbers stand largely outside the realm of accountability, he noted the prominence of corrupt government officials utilizing their position of authority to extract land benefits at the cost of ordinary people. Mr. Ayoobi also discussed new challenges that arise due to Afghan citizens returning from abroad, many of whom return to strangers residing on their land.