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<title><![CDATA[The Police Take Bribe, Even from the Beggars of the Shrine of Mazar-e-Sharif]]></title>
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<description><![CDATA[PAN (Translated by RAWA): PAN (Translated by RAWA): The beggars of Hazrat Ali (ra)&#8217;s shrine in Balkh who earn a little money with a lot of difficulties, have to pay 30 to 40 Afghanis daily to the police of the shrine. The police officers who are not satisfied from the monthly wages they get from the government, say that 5000 Afghanis in a month is too less to fulfill their needs and so they are forced to take bribe from beggars. On average, everyday almost 250 beggars enter the Mazar-e-Sharif Shrine and each earns a little more or less than a 100 Afghanis everyday. The police officers take 30 Afghanis on average from each beggar and this makes 220,000 Afghanis ($4500) per month.]]></description>
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