Khair Mohammad, the ex-commander, and the others have not yet been tried or sentenced.

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"I'm being forced to get this shot, " said Saher Abu Al-Khair, an Egyptian who is planning a pilgrimage.

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"Because there are no resources, we are not able to enforce the laws, " said Khair Mohammad Niru, director general of labor regulations at the Ministry of Labor, Social Affairs, Martyrs and Disabled.

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Popular western books such as The Bookseller of Kabul and the Dressmaker of Khair Khana speak to the entrepreneurial spirit of the Afghan people, and later works such as The Beauty School of Kabul illustrate the value of vocational training for women provided by such groups.

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