Residents had the option to choose from Afghan pine, burr oak, cedar elm, and lilac chaste tree, all grown by the Texas A&M Forest Service nursery. Karl Flocke, program leader for Forest Water and ...

Echoing similar sentiments, Mina Gul, a 35-year-old farmer, said that exporting pine nuts to China had drastically improved his living conditions. "No one knew about Afghan pine nuts in the past ...