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Wardak orchards, farmlands ruined by past conflict

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MAIDAN SHAR (Pajhwok): Most farmers in central Maidan Wardak province complain their agricultural lands and orchards have been hit by decades of conflict.

Mohammad Nazir, a grower from the Folad Khana area of Maidan Shahr, said most of the orchards had been parched and farmlands damaged by war.

“Conflict spread from district centre to villages, we migrated, orchards dried up because there was no one to irrigate them.”

Azizullah, another resident of Folad Khana locality, confirmed orchards had been used as trenches in the past. People were unable to cultivate their lands and nurture their orchards, he recalled.

“Over 200 . . .

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