SHARAN (Pajhwok): Residents of southern Paktika province say jungle trees in their areas are being cut down by powerful figures and people for selling them as firewood, asking the government to stop the illegal practice.
Niamatullah Zadran, a resident of Zirok district of Paktika, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Argun, Sarobi, Neka, Ziruk, Giyan, Barmal, Gumal, Omna and Warmami districts have forests but some powerful figures and local people have recently started brutally cutting them down.
“Strongmen and poor people in Ziruk district cut green trees and sell them as firewood after drying them in . . .
