SHARANA (Pajhwok): Some residents in several districts of southeastern Paktika province have accused police of cutting down pine nuts trees, a charge the force denies.
Speaking to Pajhwok on Monday, Niamatullah, a resident of Ziruk district, said police had recently started cutting down the pine nuts in the district’s forests.
“What the police are doing is illegal, they then sell the trees to timber traders,” the resident alleged.
Yehya Zadran, a resident of Washana area of the Ziruk district, said: “We have several times shared the issue with security officials but so . . .
