KABUL (Pajhwok): Nearly 900 beggars rounded up in the past one week, according to the office of the acting prime minister’s economic affairs aide on Wednesday.
In video footage, an official of the prime minister’s economic aide office said 898 baggers had been rounded up by relevant institutions in the past seven days from the different parts of the capital Kabul, adding that this process will continue.
Of the total 898 rounded up beggars 108 were vulnerable and deserving persons while 410 others were baggers in disguise who had gone through a biometric process and assurance had been taken from them not to beg in the future.
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