No Irish person will be abandoned in Afghanistan, pledges Coveney

Members of the UK armed forces leading evacuees past a royal air force Boeing C-17A Globemaster III at Kabul airport. Picture: LPhot Ben Shread/MoD/PA

No Irish citizen or their families will be abandoned in Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs and Defence Minister Simon Coveney has pledged.

Mr Coveney said that promise includes those who are not airlifted out of the country before the August 31 deadline for foreign troops to leave Kabul airport.