KABUL, Feb. 5 (Xinhua) -- Police have arrested two individuals for illegally cutting down trees and engaging in deforestation in the northern Afghanistan Faryab province, provincial police spokesman Mawlawi Abdullah Muradi said Thursday.
The suspects were engaged in deforestation in Ferdos area on Wednesday when police found and took them into custody, according to the official.
The official noted that no one has the right to cut down trees illegally in the forests.
The Afghan government has banned deforestation and hunting wild animals as part of efforts to protect the environment. ■
