AIBAK (Pajhwok): Thousands of people have illegally started harvesting pistachio nuts from government forests in northern Samangan province before reaching maturity, an official said Saturday.
The pistachio jungles in Samangan are protected by local councils in coordination with the provincial agriculture and livestock department until the fruit ripens in early August. After a specific period, people start collecting pistachios from jungles.
Mohammad Asif Qasimi, forests manager at the Samangan agriculture and livestock department, said around 10,000 people from different areas of the province had gathered around . . .
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Mohammad Barat
