Thousands of children who are engaged in labor work and begging have been helped. Local officials of Baghlan Department of Labor and Social Affairs said.

Afghan Voice Agency (AVA)_Monitoring, The provincial head of labor and social affairs, Qari Nusratullah Parsa in Baghlan, told BNA that between 15 and 20 thousand children are begging and doing laborers work in this province, and with the cooperation of governmental and non-governmental organizations, 2,200 children have been helped so far.