'Heartbreaking': Afghan asylum seekers living in Ireland feel 'powerless' to help their families

Waheed Talwar, an Afghan asylum seeker living in Cork.

Afghan asylum seekers in Ireland say they feel "powerless" to help their families back home and that their pleas to speed up their asylum applications and bring their families here to safety are being ignored. 

Many now fear for the lives of their loved ones, especially their female relatives, as the Taliban tighten their grip on power.