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

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. The pub is licensed by the Afghan government, with the caveat that it not sell alcohol to Afghans. 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." Within 2 months of opening it received warnings of a possible attack and temporarily closed. By September of the next year the bar had moved into a Kabul hotel.

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. ^ 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.

Further reading

• The Survival Guide to Kabul, The Irish Club

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Capital: Kabul
Districts	Bagrami Char Asiab Deh Sabz Farza Guldara Istalif Kabul Kalakan Khaki Jabbar Mir Bacha Kot Mussahi Paghman Qarabagh Shakardara Surobi
Cities	Bagrami Qalai Naeem Tarakhel Dehnawe Farza Guldara Istalif Kabul Kalakan Khak-i Jabbar Mir Bacha Kot Mussahi Paghman Qara Bagh Shakar Dara Surobi
Landmarks	Presidential Palace Darul Aman Palace Bagh-e Bala Palace Tajbeg Palace Chihil Sutun Palace Paghman Hill Castle Taq-e Zafar Bala Hissar Gardens of Babur InterContinental Hotel Safi Landmark Hotel Kabul City Center Kabul Serena Hotel Kabul's Irish Pub Kabul Library National Museum of Afghanistan Abdul Rahman Mosque Pul-e Khishti Mosque Id Gah Mosque Shah-Do Shamshira Mosque Gurdwara Karte Parwan

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