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    Local police force accused of felling trees

    PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): Residents of northeastern Baghlan province have accused the local police force of illegally felling their trees for sale and using them as fuel.



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    Drought affects 90 percent of Baghlan's wheat crops

    PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN): The recent drought has affected more than 90 percent of rain-fed wheat crops, killed over a hundred farm animals, and threatened 15 thousand families in northern Ba



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    20 tractors donated to Nangarhar farmers

    JALALABAD (PAN): Twenty tractors and seed-cleaning machines were donated to farmers of Behsud and Kama districts in eastern Nangarhar province, officials said on Tuesday.



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    Hundreds of animals die in Badakhshan

    FAIZABAD (PAN): Hundreds of household animals have died of diseases in the remote northeastern province of Badakhshan, officials said on Tuesday.



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    Paktika wheat production drops by half

    SHARANA (PAN): Wheat production in the southeastern province of Paktika province has decreased by 50 percent this year due to lack of water and good seeds, officials and farmers said.



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    Pests cause crop damage in Bamyan

    BAMYAN CITY (PAN): Farmers of Koh Mard district in the central province of Bamyan are concerned about the spread of pests that are causing damages to their crops and orchards.



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    Committees formed to protect forest in Balkh

    MAZAR-I-SHARIF (PAN): The Agriculture and Livestock Department in northern Balkh province has established a number of committees to save province’s forests, which have been reduced to roughly



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    Bamyan wheat production drops

    BAMYAN CITY (PAN): Wheat production in the central Bamyan province decreased by more than 14,500 tonnes due to drought and lack of rainfall, officials and farmers said on Sunday.



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    Agricultural plan launched in Uruzgan

    TIRINKOT (PAN): A five-year agricultural development plan with emphasis on addressing farmers' concerns has been launched in Uruzgan province, officials said on Monday.