Irish Pub, Kabul

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The Irish Pub of Kabul was a pub in Kabul, Afghanistan; it opened on Saint Patrick's Day, 2003. [1]

Owner Sean Martin McQuade received approval of a local mullah by promising to repair the road adjacent to the club and assist in relocating a nearby school to a larger site. [2] The pub is licensed by the Afghan government, with the caveat that it not sell alcohol to Afghans. [2] When interviewed a staff member of the bar commented, "Our families know what we do, but we tell other people we just work in a restaurant or a guesthouse selling food and soft drinks." [3] Within 2 months of opening it received warnings of a possible attack and temporarily closed. [4] By September of the next year the bar had moved into a Kabul hotel. [5]

References

  1. ↑ Humphreys, Joe (18 April 2003). "Irish pub in Kabul has no worries about serving its customers on Good Friday". The Irish Times . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  2. 1 2 Pitman, Todd (20 April 2003). "Kabul Pub Offers a Wee Tipple of Home". Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "Perspectives". Newsweek . 4 May 2003. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "Threats close Kabul's Irish bar". BBC News . 26 April 2003. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  5. ↑ "Irish bar reopens in Afghanistan". MCA Insight. 24 September 2004. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

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