Kabul Municipality launches tree planting campaign

Kabul Municipality has launched a tree planting drive in the city and plans to plant over 600,000 saplings, including fruit trees, this year.

Speaking at a ceremony on Wazir Akbar Khan hill in Kabul on Tuesday, officials said anyone caught destroying trees will be fined 2,000 afghanis.

“No one is allowed to cut down a tree and be exempted from compensation, therefore, we ask the people to cooperate with us in tree planting,” said Abdul Wakil Mutawakkel, the greening director of Kabul Municipality.

“More than 900,000 saplings have been grown by the Kabul Municipality. This year, Kabul Municipality plans to plant 600,000 trees, including fruit-bearing and non-fruit bearing trees, as well as ornamental flowers in this city,” said Mohammad Khaled Sajestani, deputy mayor for urban services and environment.

Kabul Municipality also plans to establish a drip irrigation system for trees in the city which will help save underground water. Municipality officials consider people’s cooperation important in keeping the city green and beautiful.

“They have always been and continue to be diligent in the fields of security, greenery, construction and development of the country. Our demand is that people should protect and irrigate the trees that are planted,” said Habib-ur-Rahman Mansour, deputy mayor for social and cultural affairs.