JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Special security units would be set up to curb deforestation and land grabbing in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Wednesday.
A statement from the Nangarhar provincial media office said the acting governor and deputy agriculture minister had discussed the issue during a meeting.
According to the statement, acting governor of Nangarhar, Maulvi Mudassir (Haji Mullah Sahib) said that special units were being set up to prevent arbitrary deforestation and land grabbing.
Shamsuddin Shariati, head of the delegation and deputy minister of agriculture, said the council of ministers had decided to set up a 50-member green unit . . .
