KABUL (Pajhwok): The Ministry of Interior (MoI) has created a security unit to protect the country’s forests, an official said on Saturday.
MoI spokesman Abdul Matin Qani in a video said: “Police are responsible to cooperate with relevant authorities in guarding and maintaining forests and natural resources”.
He said MoI had created a security unit to protect the forests from illegal destruction.
Qani added: “Police would arrest people who illegally harm natural resources of the country”.
He said police would cooperate with the ministries of agriculture, irrigation and livestock, energy and water, mines and petroleum, Environmental Protection Department and . . .
