Mogadishu, July 4: Somalia-based militant group Al-Shabab has imposed a ban on single-use plastic bags in territories under its control. Al-Shabab dubbed single-use plastic bags as 'serious threat to the well-being of both humans and animals'.

In a broadcast on the jihadist-operated Radio Andalus last week, a Al-Shabab leader Mohammed Abu Abdullah said plastic bags are a serious threat to both humans and livestock and the waste they cause is bad for the environment, BBC reported.

There was no mention of how the ban on single-use plastic bags will be imposed. Al-Shabab also banned the logging of rare trees. This isn’t the first time that a militant organisation have expressed concern over the state of the environment.

More recently, Taliban leader Haibatullah Akhundzada issued a statement calling on Afghans to plant more trees.

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