KABUL (Pajhwok): Around one billion afs has been collected in Ushr and Zakart last year, an official said on Wednesday.
Mawlavi Fazal Bari Fazli, assistant finance and admin head of the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation, said last year one billion afs collected in Ushr and Zakat and the amount was deposited in a specific bank account.
“The amount collected in Ushar, Zakat was spent on vulnerable people such as orphans, disables and poverty-stricken, no other activity was carried out with this amount.”
Fazli said Ushar and Zakat collection was the responsibility of the Agriculture ministry but its distribution . . .
