Kabul

In Afghanistan, a minimum of 347 individuals made suicide makes an attempt in 9 completely different provinces in 2022, Afghanistan-based Tolo News reported.

Most of the suicide instances had been resulting from poverty, household violence, unemployment and lack of freedom. However, there are extra feminine suicide situations in Afghanistan than male ones.

At least 60 of the individuals who tried suicide misplaced their lives. At the highest of the listing is Badakhshan province with information of 251 suicide makes an attempt, Tolo News mentioned.

Tolo News reached out to a 20-year-old girl in Badakhshan who tried suicide however survived after being taken to the hospital. The girls’s kinfolk mentioned that she tried suicide after battling poverty.

“She drank acid to commit suicide. We took her to the doctor and then took her to Faizabad. We brought her two to three times to the hospital here, she has now gone through surgery and she is in good condition,” mentioned Sakhi, her brother.

“We have registered 250 suicide attempts. Of them, 188 are female and 62 are male,” mentioned Homyayoun Frootan, head of the provincial hospital.

A complete of 14 individuals tried suicide in Ghor province, 11 individuals in Khost province, seven individuals in Sar-e-Pul province, 5 individuals in Nangarhar province, 5 individuals in Maidan Wardak, three individuals in Bamiyan, two individuals in Urozgan and one individual in Kapisa province who tried suicide.

Sadidqullah Shaheen, commander of Bamiyan, mentioned: “We registered three suicide attempts and the motive behind these suicides is said to be family violence.”

“14 suicide attempts happened. The motives behind them were economic difficulties and family violence,” mentioned Mustafa Haqqani, the top of the safety division of Ghor.

Psychologists consider that many suicide makes an attempt in Afghanistan are resulting from financial hardships and household violence. “The suicide attempts happen mainly due to family violence, poverty, illiteracy, unawareness, being homeless and jobless and also facing an uncertain future,” mentioned Qadeer Baran, a psychologist, as quoted by Tolo News.

According to native officers, a girl lately dedicated suicide and ended her life in Faizabad, the capital of Badakhshan.

A person additionally within the Yangi Qala district of Takhar shot himself and ended his life, the provincial officers mentioned.

According to the World Health Organization, almost 800,000 individuals try suicide globally yearly.