In Pictures: Irish Army Rangers rescue Irish in Kabul

Reassuring the locals in Kabul during ECAT Mission to Afghanistan. Picture: Óglaigh na hÉireann

The Defence Forces have released a series of behind-the-scenes images from the Irish evacuation mission that successfully evacuated 26 Irish citizens and residents from the besieged city of Kabul.

The Emergency Civil Assistance Team (ECAT), which included members of the Defence Forces Special Operations Forces unit, the Army Ranger Wing (ARW), was deployed alongside diplomats from the Department of Foreign Affairs to Hamid Karzai International Airport on Tuesday.