 As with many politicians with roots in the country's violent past, Alam is a source of controversy.His campaigners were accused of threats and intimidation during the 2005 Afghan election  and in 2006 he was one of a number of Sayyaf's allies to be accused of appropriating land near Kabul.In September 2006, hundreds of residents of Paghman District in Kabul Province accused him and his commanders of stealing land and protested for the government to intervene.