The Bakhshi family celebrated their redemption as Afghani refugees in Dublin last week as the latest horror stories were relayed on news bulletins from Kabul to the television in their living room. The man of the house, Dr Zekria Bakhshi, asked if he could hug me when I arrived at the front door in the leafy suburb of Coolmine on Wednesday night. The rest of his family clearly enjoyed the doctor-on-journalist action flinging our arms around each other before an unforgettable evening celebrating world-famous Afghan hospitality. It was an emotional reunion: The only time we had met before, on September…

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