Family of Irish teacher in Kabul 'won't breathe' until she's out of Afghan airspace

Aoife MacManus with her dad Ray and mum Jenny having coffee on one of her last visits home from Afghanistan.

The father of an Irish woman waiting to get out of war-torn Afghanistan says his family will only begin to breathe properly again when she is out of the country's airspace.

Aoife MacManus is currently staying in an area being 'protected' by the Taliban and hopes to be flown out of the country today. The Meath woman has been coordinating a major education programme, run by an international charity for the last two years in Afghanistan.