INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Biometrically-registered beggars will be imprisoned if they are caught begging again, police said on Tuesday.Khalid Zadran, a spokesman for
Kabul police, said that police will launch a cleanup process in the city following the instructions of the committee for rounding up
beggars.A total of 3,048 beggars were rounded in Kabul since the process started in the city around one month ago, government said on
Monday.Most of those rounded up were women (2,109)
Of them, only 629 were deemed as needy while the rest were professional beggars, according to a statement from the office of Deputy Prime
Minister for Economic Affairs.The total included 656 children (269 needy, 370 professional) and 283 men (60 needy, 223 professional).The
needy beggars were transferred to the Red Crescent Society to receive aid.Erfanullah Sharafzoy, a spokesman for RCS, said that they began
distributing cash aid to the needy beggars
He said that needy families will receive 2,000 afghanis monthly.The post Biometrically-registered beggars will be imprisoned if caught
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