The Law provides for various matters relating to construction of dams and related water reservoirs, such as the use of waters, matters relative to ownership of land in proximity of the dams, etc. Claims for lands near to the dams shall be determined in accordance with articles 1 to 5.Procedures for compensation are set out in articles 6 to 11.

This summary of Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR) issues in Afghanistan is part of a series of LTPR Country Profiles produced by Associates in Rural Development, World Resources Institute and Rural Development Institute for USAID.

This Act makes rules for the sale of public land that has been rendered habitable or arable through Government waterworks. The purpose of the sale is to populate these areas. A Commission shall be formed to carry out land measurements, to prepare the plans of land to be sold and to establish prices.

Until 1978, the Afghan state was weak but stable. In contrast, rural regulatory structures that complemented the state have always been strong. It was only the attempt to establish a strong state on the basis of foreign ideologies and military over the heads of the rural population that ultimately led to chaos and collapse.Whereas the central state sometimes broke down, many state