{"id":23599,"date":"2021-10-21T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T17:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=23599"},"modified":"2021-10-22T10:29:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T14:29:17","slug":"ireland-evacuates-another-16-people-from-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishexaminerusa.com\/wp\/?p=23599","title":{"rendered":"Ireland Evacuates Another 16 People From Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney (PA)<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney confirmed that another 16 Irish people, alongside their dependents, had been evacuated from Kabul Airport to Doha, the capital of Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evacuation from Afghanistan took place on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Twitter, Mr Coveney said: \u201cWe are assisting them on their onward journey home to Ireland.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Coveney thanked the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Qatar for the support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The evacuation is the latest instance of the Government working with Qatar to evacuate citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier this month, 15 citizens and 10 dependents travelled from Kabul to Doha on a specially organized flight with the support of Qatar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Irish officials have been working to evacuate Irish citizens in Kabul and Afghanistan, since the collapse of the Afghan government and the takeover by the Taliban in August.<\/p>\n

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