A nine year old and his family are being given 5,000 Afghani (£65) each every week, because he has a birthmark in shape of Afghanistan!
The nine year old called Gran is now a celebrity in Lashkar Gah, capital of Hemland Province which is his home town. He had been begging as his family are too poor to send him to school. They have also given them land so they can build a home. He said he didn't notice the resemblance even though he has always had it. Traders at a second hand car shop spotted the mark once he told the boy to wash him self as he was dirty.Gran told local reporters that before the discovery of his birthmark, he had eked out a living begging at the car lot and burning wild seeds which were supposed to ward off evil from newly purchased vehicles.His father, a cobbler called Sher Agha, had beaten him unless he brought home at least £2.50 each day, he claimed.
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