Taliban says it wants to combat illegal logging. Experts say it's more about control.
by editors@theworld.org (Shirin Jaafari) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6YR8R)
Afghanistan's forests have been decimated over the past few decades by wars and illegal logging. Now, the Taliban says it wants to preserve them by combatting illegal logging. The group has started a "Green Force," which it says will confiscate smuggled timber and arrest offenders. But experts are skeptical about the Taliban's motivation and the efficacy of the force, as The World's Shirin Jaafari reports.