GARDEZ (Pajhwok): The plantation of 2.2 million pine nuts and walnuts saplings kicked off in southeastern Paktia province on Sunday, a process that would take three years to complete, the governor said.
Governor Shamim Khan Katawazai told Pajhwok Afghan News the strategy had been formulated by the local administration and was being implemented after approval from the president.
He said the three year plantation scheme would be stretched to Khost and Paktika provinces as well.
According to Katawazai, once the pine nuts and walnuts trees started production, the government and farmers would . . .
