media · 2025
Returning to CNN to Revisit the Evacuation
Years after the fall of Kabul, Shah returned to CNN to discuss the 2021 evacuation, vetting, resettlement and lessons from the withdrawal—showing how the same crisis continued to shape public debate long after the airport closed.
The story
What happened—and what it changed.
Media became a form of public education—one way to carry local knowledge, verified information and difficult questions into a wider conversation.
