Desperate Afghans resort to selling their kidneys to feed families

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Afghanistan has been plunged into financial crisis following the Taliban takeover six months ago, worsening an already dire humanitarian situation after decades of war. The practice has become so widespread in the western city of Herat that a nearby settlement is bleakly nicknamed one-kidney village. In Afghanistan, however, the practice is unregulated.

4 months ago·Kabul, Afghanistan

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News18 India

'It's Either This or Selling My 1-yr-old Daughter': Desperate Afghans Forced to Sell Kidneys for Food

The practice has become so widespread in the western city of Herat that a nearby settlement is bleakly nicknamed 'one kidney village'.

4 months ago·India

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IBTimes

Desperate Afghans Resort To Selling Their Kidneys To Feed Families

Jobless, debt ridden, and struggling to feed his children, Nooruddin felt he had no choice but to sell a kidney -- one of a growing number of Afghans willing to sacrifice an organ to save their families. The practice has become so widespread in the western city of Herat that a nearby settlement is bleakly nicknamed "one kidney village". "I had to do it for the sake of my children," Nooruddin told AFP in the city, close to the border with Iran. …

4 months ago·United States

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Raw Story

Desperate Afghans resort to selling their kidneys to feed families

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Bangkok Post

Desperate Afghans resort to selling their kidneys to feed families

HERAT (AFGHANISTAN) - Jobless, debt ridden, and struggling to feed his children, Nooruddin felt he had no choice but to sell a kidney -- one of a growing number of Afghans willing to sacrifice an organ to save their families.

4 months ago·กทม, Thailand

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