LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Some 72,000 fruit and ornamental saplings are being planted as part of a plantation drive kicked off on Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, officials said.
Helmand Governor Mirza Khan Rahimi told Pajhwok Afghan News the saplings would be distributed to citizens of Lashkargah and farmers in districts during the tree plantation campaign and urged people to protect the young trees and keep watering them.
Natural resources manager at the provincial agriculture department, Khad Mohamamd, told Pajhwok Afghan News they had in hand . . .
