Categories: Afghanistan

5,000 beggars collected from Kabul City so far

KABUL (Agencies): The committee for collecting beggars around capital under chairmanship of the Deputy Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Akhund says that 5,914 beggars collected from different sites of Kabul in the past month so far.
According to the Deputy Prime Minister of office statement to Bakhtar News Agency from the collected beggars in Kabul 3,872 are women which 1069 deserving and the rest were professional beggars.
1,524 children, of which 763 were deserving, 723 are employed and 38 were headless, went on saying the statement.
According to a statement, after biometrics, the headless beggar children are acknowledged to training schools by the Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs, and they were provided with education and profession trainings courses.
Meanwhile, the Afghan Red Crescent Society started distributing cash to deserving beggars last week, adding to the organization reports that hundreds of people have received cash aid.
According to the statement 2000 Afghanis were distributed to each member of the beggar families.

The Frontier Post

Recent Posts

Five killed by Russian strikes in eastern Ukraine

KYIV (AFP): Five people were killed Wednesday as Russia struck Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv and Donetsk…

6 hours ago

Colombian president says country will cut diplomatic ties with Israel

COLOMBIA: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has announced plans to cut diplomatic ties with Israel over…

6 hours ago

Gaza aid port 50 percent complete: Pentagon

WASHINGTON (AFP): The temporary pier being constructed by the US military to increase humanitarian aid…

6 hours ago

Harvey Weinstein faces accuser as judge orders retrial

NEW YORK (AFP): Disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein faced one of his accusers in New…

6 hours ago

President calls for taking measures to curb street crimes in Sindh

F.P. Report KARACHI : President Asif Ali Zardari on Wednesday urged Sindh Chief Minister Syed…

7 hours ago

Bilawal advocates PPP-mode over privatization for institutional success

F.P. Report ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: Chairman Pakistan People's Party (PPP) Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has advocated for a…

7 hours ago

This website uses cookies.