The industrious and indispensible Arthur Chrenkoff brings us this months installment of news from Afghanistan. As usual, read the whole thing, but this passage struck me as mighty important:

USAID's Land Titling Team provided legal assistance on property rights issues to residents of District 7 in Kabul. Residents have requested and received legal assistance on issues including property partition among heirs, mortgage and the legal procedure for obtaining formal deed.

Using aerial photography, the Titling Team has completed delineation of 254 parcels of land, including footpaths, mosques, schools, and boundaries of 244 residential houses in District 7. The delineation process involved the full participation of community members. In addition to its usefulness for planning purposes, delineating boundaries with the consent and agreement of concerned residents addresses both actual and potential disagreements relating to property boundaries, which is the main cause of dispute in the pilot neighborhoods.

Our leftwing friends will wonder why this is important - but each and every conservative knows that the way to make people determined upon personal liberty, stable and free government and the rule of law is the widespread ownership of property. You don't let your community become a haven of criminals when you've got equity value in property you hold title to. Give 'em a title deed and we will forclose forever on the prospect of Afghanistan sliding back into terrorist anarchy.