Army Rangers to travel to Kabul to help Irish citizens escape Taliban

Army Rangers to travel to Kabul to help Irish citizens escape Taliban

Defence Forces including the Army Ranger Wing  conducting a major exercise in Dublin.

Irish special forces are to be deployed to Afghanistan to extract and repatriate Irish citizens trapped in the war-torn country.

An Emergency Consular Assistance Team (ECAT) is being deployed to Hamid Karzai International Airport (HKIA) in Kabul, to assist the remaining Irish citizens who wish to leave Afghanistan.

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