ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Police in eastern Kunar province have thwarted a timber smuggling attempt in Noorgal district, an official said on Saturday.
Governor Abdul Satar Mirzakwal said police seized 11 pieces of timber loaded on horses and arrested three individuals in the Ghazni area of the district on Friday.
He told Pajhwok Afghan News timber smuggling in vehicles had been controlled by the government. The timber was currently being smuggled on horses, he added.
The enemies of forests smuggle timber on horses through mountain areas to Khewa district, according to Mirzakwal, who said had . . .
