Agency, Kabul.
Published by: Dev Kashyap
Updated Tue, 01 Mar 2022 06:29 AM IST
Summary
Afghanistan’s humanitarian situation had already deteriorated after decades of war, and Afghanistan has plunged further into financial trouble since its takeover by the Taliban six months ago. People are compelled to sell their kidneys for two times’ bread.
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One such victim is 32-year-old Nooruddin. He told that he was left with no option but to sell the kidney. Here people are ready to sacrifice any part of their body to save their families. I regret it now. I can’t work with my body anymore. I am in pain. Me and my family are now dependent on my 12-year-old son for further sustenance, he polishes shoes for about 49 afghani currency a day.
Nooruddin is among the eight victims who have sold one of their kidneys so far. Some even sold their kidneys for $1,500 (approximately Rs 1,13,524). There is also a story like Nooruddin of Shakeela, who already at the age of 19 became a mother of two children. Shakeela has also sold one of her kidneys for the sake of her children. According to Shakeela, we had no choice due to hunger. I donated my kidney for $1,500. But most of the money received went towards settling the family’s debts.
‘If kidney is not sold, daughter may have to sell’
Ajija, a mother of three, is currently looking for customers to sell her kidney. Azija said, “My children roam the streets begging. If I don’t sell my kidney, I will be forced to sell my one year old daughter. The humanitarian situation in Afghanistan had already deteriorated after decades of war and has plunged into further financial trouble since the Taliban takeover six months ago.
Most countries have restrictions…Selling or buying body parts is illegal in most developed countries. But there is currently no such restriction in Afghanistan. There is no law here to control how organs can be donated or sold, said Professor Mohammad Vakil Mateen, a former top surgeon at a hospital in the northern city of Mazar-e Sharif, but the consent of the donors. is necessary.