AIBAK (Pajhwok): Snowstorms and heavy rains have damaged 90 percent of almond trees in northern Samangan province, causing millions of afghanis loss to gardeners.
A number of Samangan gardeners say they collect hundreds of tons of almond from their orchards annually but recent snowfalls destroyed all the fruit.
Amrullah, 41, a resident, said they usually collected hundreds of tons of almond annually and the fruit was a great source of income for them, but two days ago snowfall completely destroyed the orchards.
He owned over 200 trees of almond and collected 1647 kilograms of the fruit which earned him nearly . . .
