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Afghan Taliban Leader Bans Street Begging In Capital, Kabul, Wants Beggars Taken Off Streets

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He directed that they should be offered jobs or education in return, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Monday.

The Supreme Leader of the Taliban-run caretaker government has banned beggars from seeking alms on the street.

He directed that they should be offered jobs or education in return, the state-run Bakhtar news agency reported on Monday.

The elusive Taliban leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada directed that beggars should be taken off the streets of Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan, and given something meaningful to do. However, for those who are too old to work, the Taliban leader directed that they should be given stipends.

"All the beggars will pass biometric process and the caretakers of fake beggars would be held responsible if he or she returns to begging again," Bakhtar quoted the order as saying.

 

The leader also said that the government would provide job opportunities for the adult beggars who are skilled in any field and send the children beggars to schools, China.org.cn reports.

 

The order said that the government would provide monthly allowances to real beggars who are too weak to work.

 

According to the World Food Programme (WFP), nearly 20 million Afghans out of a population of more than 35 million are facing acute food shortages. 

 

 

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