In Afghanistan, a booming kidney trade preys on the poor
10 Feb, 2021 05:00 AM
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Gulfgha Amiri, who sold one of his kidneys, rests a day after his surgery at Loqman Hakim Hospital in Herat, Afghanistan, in January. Photo / Kiana Hayeri, The New York Times
New York Times
By: Adam Nossiter and Najim Rahim
Widespread poverty and an ambitious private hospital are helping to fuel an illegal market a portal to new misery for the country s most vulnerable. Amid the bustle of beggars and patients outside the crowded hospital here, there are sellers and buyers, casting wary eyes at one another: The poor, seeking cash for their vital organs, and the gravely ill or their surrogates, looking to buy.