Irish in Afghanistan urged to leave 'as soon as possible' as the Taliban close in on Kabul 

Taliban flags fly at a square in the city of Ghazni, southwest of Kabul

Irish citizens living in Afghanistan have been urged to leave "as soon as possible" as the Taliban seized the last major city outside of capital Kabul.

The collapse of Jalalabad, near a major border crossing with Pakistan, leaves Afghanistan’s central government in control of just seven provincial capitals out of the country’s 34.