A Parliamentary Commission on Supervising the Government's Activities on Monday said that about 1,290,000 acres of lands have been grabbed by 15,000 people across Afghanistan.

After conducting a survey for over six months, the Commission said that most of the land grabbers are supported by a network of officials from within the Government.

The Commission on Supervising Government Activities was established six months ago, the Commission started working on issues related to land grabbing across the country.

The Commission added that the lands are grabbed by powerful figures and others who have the support from officials inside the Government.

According to the Commission, 94 residential towns out of 350 towns have been illegally constructed in the country.

"Unfortunately, land grabbing has continued since 12 years in the country and most them are done by powerful figures and by officials from within the Government. Large chunks of land have been grabbed by over 15,000 people," Head of the Commission on Supervising the Government Activities, Zalmai Mujadidi said.

"We did a six month survey. We cannot reveal the names of the land grabbers as we still have many more surveys to be carried out," MP Shir Wali Wardak said.

Meanwhile, a number of Parliamentarians criticized the Commission and said that names of the land grabbers should be made public.

"The Commission's report is incomplete as the House and the citizens wish to hear the names of the land grabbers. I think that big land grabbers are not more than 15 in number and their names should be revealed," MP Noor Akbari said.

Another Parliamentarian Ramazan Bashardost said, "It was an expectation of the House that names of the land grabbers should be revealed, which unfortunately did not happen."

Additionally, the Lower House Speaker Abdul Rauf Ibrahimi said that the Commission should finish its survey and reveal the names.

The House decided to give two months time to the Commission for finalizing their report and present it before the House.