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media-credit · Aug 19, 2021

A Rise to Peace Image Moves Through Reuters

Image from the Kabul airport story carried by Reuters and subsequently republished.
Image from the Kabul airport story carried by Reuters and subsequently republished. · Reuters / publisher archive

Reuters distributed the image of an Afghan girl being pulled over the Kabul airport wall with a “Rise to Peace/via REUTERS” credit. The moment became one of the clearest public records of Rise to Peace material entering the global news cycle.

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What happened—and what it changed.

During crisis, the distance between research and responsibility disappears. Information must be handled carefully, people must be protected, and claims about impact must remain tied to evidence.

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crisis · Aug 2021

When the Research Became an Emergency

As Kabul collapsed, Rise to Peace moved into real-time crisis documentation and support. Shah appeared repeatedly on international television while the organization’s network shared information from the airport environment and helped families navigate evacuation channels through military, veteran and trusted partner networks.

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