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‘I’ve already sold my daughters; now, my kidney’: winter in Afghanistan’s slums

Crushing poverty is forcing starving displaced people to make desperate choices

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Crushing poverty is forcing starving displaced people to make desperate choices

Summary

  • Rahmati says she sold her daughters a few months ago for 100,000 afghani each (roughly £700), to families she doesn’t know.
  • Delaram Rahmati, who sold a kidney to support her family.
  • Rahmati sold her right kidney for 150,000 afghani (£1,000).
  • The cost of a kidney transplant is 400,000 afghani, plus the price of the kidney, according to Kabir.
  • There is more demand for kidney transplants outside Afghanistan.