A Kildare TD Is Calling On Govt. To Deploy The Army Ranger Wing To Kabul.

Friday, 20 August 2021 10:43

36 Irish citizens are awaiting evacuation from Afghanistan.

A Kildare TD is calling on the Irish Government to deploy the Curragh stationed Army Ranger Wing to Kabul Airport to aid in the evacuation of Irish citizens.

36 Irish people remain in Afghanistan, while 3 have been evacuated in the last 24 hours

More than 18,000 people of many nationalities have been evacuated from Kabul in the last five days, with officials insisting efforts will double this weekend.

Nato says Afghan and foreign nationals are continuing to surround the city's airport - desperate to flee Taliban control.

Amnesty International has released detailed 'killings' it claims militants carried out, last month

Ireland does not posses any aircraft capable of making the flight to Kabul.

Nobody from 🇮🇪 sent to help Greece while it burned:

Not a single🚁
Not a single👨‍🚒
Not even for a week.

Yet now we expect others to evacuate our people from Kabul?

We must upgrade our emergency response capability.@defenceforces @CharlieFlanagan @DarraghOBrienTD @rte https://t.co/ClHoQhhmlv
— Cathal Berry TD (@BerryCathal) August 19, 2021

Independent Kildare South TD, Cathal Berry, is a medical doctor and former Deputy Commander of the elite Irish Army Ranger Wing, which is stationed at the Curragh.

He joined Clem Ryan on Friday's edition of Kildare Today.

Once again Irish citizens are currently stranded overseas with no autonomous means to extract them.

Ireland is in desperate need of its own sovereign capability to reach its own people in times of great crisis.@defenceforces @dfatirl @ConorGallaghe_r @GCraughwell @rte pic.twitter.com/41MokiBrYV
— Cathal Berry TD (@BerryCathal) August 16, 2021