PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): Officials of Forests’ Observation and Protection Authority of northern Baghlan province say 30 percent of pistachio trees have been cut down in the province as firewood.
Eng. Raz Mohammad Ahmadzai, in charge of natural resources at Baghlan agriculture department, told Pajhwok Afghan News that people had been cutting down trees in mountains of the province since last few months.
"In the last few months, people in remote areas have started cutting pistachio trees under the pretext of dry wood. We estimate that they have cut down 30 percent of the trees so far, if the situation . . .
