Afghanistan Slowly Being Deforested

Afghanistan does not have much forest - it is a barren land of rock and sand. What little "green area" you can find are in the river valleys and mountain areas. The mountains of eastern Afghanistan have many of the remaining trees left in Afghanistan. One province in particular, Kunar, provides much of the lumber that is exported through Pakistan to world markets. Unfortunately, there is a finite amount of trees that can be harvested. Read more in "Afghanistan's Forests A Casualty of Timber Smuggling", NPR, March 18, 2013.