KABUL, Afghanistan — In Taliban times, it would have been unimaginable: a fully stocked Irish pub serving whiskey and cold beer in the heart of Afghanistan's ultra-Islamic capital. In the post-Taliban ...

More than 300 humanitarian visas or visa letters have been issued by the State since August to Afghans seeking to flee their home country and come to Ireland following the Taliban takeover of ...

The Government promised an Afghan admission programme with up to 500 places in September, a month after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban Justice Minister Helen McEntee said she was “very conscious of ...

Kabul, Afghanistan? In Taliban times, it would have been unimaginable: a fully stocked Irish pub serving whiskey and cold beer in the heart of Afghanistan’s ultra-Islamic capital. In the post-Taliban ...

A senior Royal Irish soldier has spoken of his troop's pride at their progress in training local Afghans to defend their country. Speaking at the Ulster soldiers reach the half way point of their six ...

THE high-ranking Irish diplomat accused of talking to the Taliban in the southern Afghan province of Helmand was deported from the country yesterday. Irishman Michael Semple, deputy head of the EU ...

The number of Irish citizens hoping to leave Afghanistan has increased to 33, the foreign affairs minister has said. Simon Coveney said the number includes 25 adults and eight dependents. “We are ...

The Breadwinner, a new, critically acclaimed animation film that depicts the heroic struggles of a young Afghan girl under hard-line Taliban rule, is a testament to the desire for storytelling "when ...