You just can’t get away from ’em. Irish bars, I mean.
‘The first public house in Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban has opened – and it’s Irish. The Irish Club opened on a secluded side street in the centre of Kabul last month – on St Patrick’s Day.’ …
‘There are Afghan staff, of course, but they have all been given Irish names – Kevin, Jimmy, Michael, George – ‘to protect them from possible retaliation’ …
Fazel Ahmed Manawi, the deputy supreme court justice, said any Muslims found drinking at the Irish Club will be punished. ‘We have got a lot of foreigners living in our country and unfortunately, this is a necessary thing for them,’ he said.’ (Full story)