Kirshma Sharifi

Afghanistan Evacuee

Kirshma Sharifi was airlifted out of Afghanistan as part of successful evacuation efforts. She and her family were on the last United States military civilian evacuation to leave Kabul Airport. She is also Shoaib Fakhruddin’s sister.

Participating Sessions

AFGHANISTAN IN CRISIS

As the Taliban swept back into power this month, the world witnessed a clamoring for escape among Afghans desperately trying to flee the return of the strict Islamist regime. At special risk were the often invisible corps of locals who make the work of foreign journalists and filmmakers possible. They include local employees of news organizations, fixers, interpreters, drivers, and others, without whom the world would know little of Afghanistan....