Cork-bound Rod Nordland admits he overstepped the mark in helping a young Afghani couple. But it also helped him shine a light on the awful treatment of women in that country, writes Marjorie Brennan

AMERICAN and Afghan forces searching for three kidnapped UN workers, including Annetta Flanigan from Co Armagh, smashed their way into a number of Kabul houses yesterday.

American and Afghan forces searching for three kidnapped UN workers smashed their way into a number of Kabul houses today.