ASADABAD (Pajhwok): Tribal elders have imposed a complete ban on cutting of forest trees in the Shegal district of eastern Kunar province under a tribal agreement reached yesterday.
Under the agreement, anyone found felling live trees would be fined 2000 afghanis per tree, said Haji Fazlur Rahim, an elder of the district.
He told Pajhwok Afghan News on Saturday that they had long been preserving forests based on tribal agreements and they would allow no one to cut down forest trees in future.
He said tribal leaders yesterday decided to impose 2,000 afghanis fine on anyone found cutting a . . .
