AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

AFGHANISTAN-PAKTIA-PINE NUTS-CHINA-TRADE

(240623) -- PAKTIA, June 23, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A person presents pine nuts at a pine nut processing factory in Paktia province, east Afghanistan, June 20, 2024. Once primarily used as a home-heating fuel, pine trees in eastern Afghanistan have become a cash cow for local villagers, with an average annual export of 5,000 tonnes of pine nuts, mostly destined for neighboring China. TO GO WITH "Afghans crack open opportunity from China-bound pine nut trade" (Photo by Saifurahman Safi/Xinhua)

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