Every year, thousands of lives are lost due to organ failure. Organ donation is the noblest way to living beyond one's death and gives others a new lease of life.

When alive, a person can save at least one life by donating his organs, whereas a brain-dead patient can give a gift of life to at least three-eight people.

Organ donation is the process of retrieving or procuring an organ legally with the intention of being able to medically help someone in need. Consent is given either by the donor while they're still alive or after death by their next of kin.

India's statistical data (as of 2018) shows that in response to the demand for 1.75 lakh kidney transplants, only 8,000 transplants were performed.

While of 50,000 people dying of hepatic failure, only 1,000 got liver transplant to survive. These statistics are even more grim in view of organs like heart, pancreas and lungs.

There are two types of organ donation. In Living Donor Organ Donation, a person can donate his one kidney or part of liver to his loved one without affecting his kidney function, liver function or health.

A living donor's liver fully regrows within 4 months and will ultimately regain full function.

For kidney dtum surrendered, as per media reports.

The only province in the north of Afghanistan, Balkh, fell to the Taliban which brought the entire northern zone under the fighters' control.

The Taliban launched heavy attacks on the provincial capital, Mazar-e-sharif, and toppled the city after a relatively heavy confrontation with the Afghan Forces and the armed uprising.

The Afghan government has not commented on the collapse of the Balkh province yet.

Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid on his Twitter wrote that the provincial office, police headquarter; NDS local office, and 209th Shaheen corps have fallen to the fighters.

Mujahid added that the central prison has also been broken and inmates were set free.

Earlier, Noor had said he will never ever surrender to the Taliban and there was no power to get him arrested in the province.

Dostum had also said that Balkh is the door of Afghanistan and they will never let the province topple.

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