Fergus Finlay: The women of Ireland will not ignore the plight of ordinary Afghans

We must open our doors to these families — and particularly women and girls — fleeing the most appalling fate imaginable 

We cannot look away. This group of nine, including a babe in arms, and a little girl with her pink backpack, were among the many thousands of people desperately scrambling to flee the advancing Taliban at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul yesterday. Picture: Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu/Getty

Today, Afghanistan, as remote and mysterious as it is, is on the top of every news bulletin in the world. What’s happening there is being reported by the hour, and with an increasing sense of foreboding.

But soon enough, Afghanistan will fade into the middle distance. The entire world will turn a blind eye to whatever happens there and get on with the rest of its life. There’ll be a half-hearted United Nations effort initially, but once enough people are evacuated, it will drift down the agenda.