Over 10,000 beggars rounded up in Kabul so far

KABUL (Pajhwok): About 10,150 beggars -- more than 63 percent of them professional panhandlers -- have been rounded up in Kabul.
The beggar-collecting committee said the professional alms-seekers reserved no right to beg and would be punished if found again on capital streets.
The beggar collection process that began on August 13 is still ongoing in Kabul. Able-bodied male beggars capable of working will be hired for different jobs.
The deputy prime minister’s office says so far 10,150 beggars have been corralled, 7,029 of them women, 834 men and 2,278 children.
About 6,135 . . .