Why do Afghans try to commit suicide?

Afghanistan's Ministry of Health says that in the past four years there has been an increase in the rates of attempted suicide amongst Afghans. The World Health Organization states that one person commits suicide every 40 seconds globally. We have interviewed a religious scholar Abdul Rahman Abid, please listen to the full interview here.

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