We've been inundated by beggars, primarily women and children, especially in the Shar-e Naw and Qala-e Fatullah neighborhoods. Emily had questions to which I had no answers (where do they live? do they earn enough to eat? etc.)
Sitting in the airport lounge I came across this, by Pajhwok Afghan News - a fairly reputable news agency, western-trained and in the past, pretty courageous. Worth a read (may be locked - it's marked so, but I'm getting it without subscription here):
http://www.pajhwok.com/en/2014/01/04/kabul-children-are-rented-out-beggars
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