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.