*Sayed Farid Sanai. Afghan journalist and former Ennis resident Sayed Farid Sanai has said Afghanistan “is going to a darkness” following the devastating earthquake which rocked the middle eastern state last week.
SHIFTING more services from Dublin Airport to Shannon Airport would lessen its reliance on the transiting through of the US Military for refuelling, one of the country’s most respected writers has said.
There has been a significant increase in number of aircraft transporting US military personnel through Shannon Airport en route to NATO countries in Eastern Europe this week.
*FILE PIC: Protesters at Shannon Airport Events transpiring half the world away over the weekend shocked many, as some two decades after their defeat, the Taliban rolled through Afghanistan and back to power without much by way of a whimper.
A former Afghanistan news anchor who had to flee his native country over attempts on his life by the Taliban has warned that terrorism will spread to other countries if the escalating situation is not put under control.
An Ennis Direct Provision resident has spoken at his delight at the granting of his international protection application.
*Sayed Farid Sanai. Photograph: John Mangan Delays with the processing of international protection applications has left one Clare Direct Provision resident fearing for the lives of his family in Afghanistan.
