AIBAK (Pajhwok): Hundreds of people have illegally started collecting pistachios from government forests in northern Samangan province before the fruit ripens, an official said Saturday.
Pistachio jungles are asset of the government, but their fruit is collected by local residents.
Acting Samangan agriculture and livestock director, Sayed Rafiullah Roshan, told Pajhwok Afghan News that the time to collect pistachio started from July 22, but thousands of people on Friday afternoon rushed into the jungles in Hazrat Sultan district.
He said the number of forest guards . . .
