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The new film by RT Documentary Afghan Kidney Sales delves deeper into the horrifying phenomenon of selling kidneys in the Herat region. People driven by desperation sell their organs at ridiculous prices to keep themselves and their families afloat. The stories of Herat province residents who put their kidneys up for sale are different, but the idea is the same: they all need money to support their families. Ghulam Nabi sold a kidney because he kept borrowing money and had no income to pay off the debts. He saw no choice other than to sell his kidney against his mother's will. Bibi Gul and her husband both sold kidneys because the money he got was only enough to pay off the debts, and the amount Bibi Gul earned was spent on food. Abdul Ahmad, a young man from Iran, came to Herat to have his kidney sold to pay a bride-price he'd never be able to scrape up by himself. The village elders in the Herat region are very concerned about the scale of the problem, they don't want the area to b
