According to the National Statistics and Information Authority, only 2.5pc of Afghanistan was forested in 2025, and forest cover continues to shrink in some areas.
Cunen is a hard-to-reach mountainous region where the majority of the approximately 47,000 residents are poor and rely on water from wells that are now going dry.
Post on Global Sumud Flotilla’s official X account says there are least 15 cases of sexual assault, several activists have broken bones and many were shot with rubber bullets at close range.
“Thousands of tuk-tuks currently in circulation will be sponsored to showcase messages celebrating America's 250th birthday,” says US embassy in New Delhi.