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People in Afghanistan’s ‘one-kidney village’ sell their organs to try and feed their families | South China Morning Post

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Afghanistan’s deepening financial crisis since the Taliban takeover in August 2021 is being blamed for a growing number of Afghans selling their organs to save their families. Nearly 40 per cent of the nation’s people are now estimated to live below the poverty line with hundreds of thousands unemployed. Unlike most…

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