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interesting article here, excerpts below:
Afghanistan takes pride in its world-class pistachios, but with looters harvesting the nuts well before maturity, fears are growing that militants and gangs are depriving the war-battered country of much-needed export income.
Pistachios are not ripe for the picking until late July, but raiders rushed the forests earlier this month and, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, illegally harvested up to 40 per cent of the country’s still-green crop.
In the northern province of Samangan, the offensive began on July 7 – the second day of Eid, the major celebration marking the end of Ramadan, says acting head of the provincial department of agriculture Rafiullah Roshanzada.
Afghanistan takes pride in its world-class pistachios, but with looters harvesting the nuts well before maturity, fears are growing that militants and gangs are depriving the war-battered country of much-needed export income.
Pistachios are not ripe for the picking until late July, but raiders rushed the forests earlier this month and, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, illegally harvested up to 40 per cent of the country’s still-green crop.
In the northern province of Samangan, the offensive began on July 7 – the second day of Eid, the major celebration marking the end of Ramadan, says acting head of the provincial department of agriculture Rafiullah Roshanzada.
