Irish woman in Kabul describes ‘panic and fear' in the city as she hopes to head home

Aoife MacManus who is currently in Kabul and says she is hoping she will be able to leave and return home in the next 48 hours.

An Irish woman currently in Kabul says she is hoping she will be able to leave and return home in the next 48 hours.

Aoife MacManus, from Ashbourne in Meath, has been in the Afghan city for two years working in the primary education sector. She is one of the small number of Irish citizens still in Afghanistan and trying to flee from the Taliban.