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Who reached Kyiv from Kabul on 17 August 2021?
Summary
A look back at the evacuation of an Afghan film director to Ukraine, and a death reported in Kryvyi Rih two days earlier.
Who was among those brought out of Afghanistan after the Taliban took Kabul? On 17 August 2021, it was reported that Sahraa Karimi, a well-known Afghan film director and general director of the state film company Afghan Film, had been evacuated from Afghanistan to Kyiv.
The report placed her journey in the immediate aftermath of the Taliban's capture of the Afghan capital. Kyiv was named as her destination after the evacuation.
A separate story from Ukraine
The same period brought other news inside Ukraine. On 15 August 2021, the mayor of Kryvyi Rih, Kostiantyn Pavlov, was found dead in his home.
The two reports were unrelated. Together they show what was being reported from Ukraine in those days: an international crisis reaching Kyiv through one evacuee's journey, and a loss of a city leader in Kryvyi Rih.
