From poplars to pistachios, Afghans rediscover the worth of timber

Below the shade of just lately planted poplars in northeastern Afghanistan, village chief Ghulam Ali Poya is proud to see residents rediscover the worth of timber after years of wartime deforestation. “There have been forests of pistachio timber,” he advised AFP, gesturing to the naked mountains that encompass Char Bagh’s mud houses. “In the course…