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Kabul rounds up over 28,000 beggars
Kabul’s Beggar Collecting Committee said on Tuesday that by Monday, February 13, it had rounded up over 28,000 beggars from around the city.
According to the committee, the identified beggars included 12,272 women, of whom only 5,617 were considered deserving while the remaining 6,655 were professional beggars; 3,716 were men and the remaining 12,000 plus were children.
The committee said 70 of these children were unaccompanied minors and have been taken into care.
“The children are provided with food and education facilities there,” the committee tweeted.
The committee added that the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) is providing ongoing cash assistance to needy beggars.
