Officials boast it has performed more than 1,000 kidney transplants in five years, drawing in patients from all over Afghanistan and the global Afghan diaspora. “It’s not our business,” said Dr Farid Ahmad Ejaz, a hospital physician whose business card reads “Founder of Kidney Transplantation in Afghanistan” in English. Iran, less than 80 miles from Herat, is the only country where selling kidneys is not illegal, as long as the parties are Iranian. “The people of Afghanistan sell their sons and daughters for money. How can you compare that to selling kidneys?” he asked.

Source: bd News24 February 06, 2021 17:26 UTC