Assistant Commissioner Justin Kelly said ‘very worrying’ drugs such as drugs fentanyl will replace heroin in Ireland when Afghan ‘heroin eradication’ hits supply chain
Afghanistan
International Protection applicants are arriving to find themselves living on the street. But ‘at least there are no bullets’
Chaos and carnage that unfolded continues to be investigated in Congress
Many countries, including Ireland, advise against travel to the impoverished region
Afghan student Yama Hassani fled Kabul after the Taliban seized power in 2021, starting a 19-month odyssey to his sister Galway during which he survived the sinking of a migrant boat in the Mediterranean in which at least 94 people drowned
The Taliban say the restrictions are justified by their conservative interpretation of Islamic law. Unicef, the UN children’s fund, estimates the ban has affected more than 1mn girls
Women still face a spectrum starts with an almost concealed disdain, a certain contempt, an ingrained prejudice, and runs all the way to violent hatred
Businessman and devoted parent and family man left a deep impression on all those who knew him
Cultivation in Afghanistan dropped 95% after ban by Taliban in 2022
40 heroin overdoses in recent days linked to banning of opium production in Afghanistan
Order to expand border facilities could double flow of migrants being forced to return to Taliban-ruled neighbour
Deadline passes for undocumented immigrants to leave Pakistan
Islamabad’s threat has torn families apart and pushed even Afghans with valid papers to leave
Disaster follows a series of deadly quakes over the weekend which left more than 2,000 dead and entire villages flattened
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