Sharbat Gula News
Sharbat Gula's famous 1985 photo in National Geographic was taken by U.S. photographer Steve McCurry.
Gula's pic became a symbol of Afghanistan's wars.
After the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan, Gula has now found refuge in Italy.
After a controversial departure from Pakistan, National Geographic`s famous `Afghan Girl` Sharbat Gula will travel to India to receive free medical treatment.
The image became a symbol of Afghanistan`s suffering during the 1980s Soviet occupation and U.S.-backed mujahadeen insurgency against it.
Pakistan will not deport Sharbat Gula, National Geographic's iconic green-eyed 'Afghan Girl', for using fake ID cards to stay in this city, a media report today quoted an official as saying.
A Pakistani court on Wednesday denied bail to Sharbat Gula, who was arrested for illegally living in Pakistan and is best known as the green-eyed Afghan girl who posed for a National Geographic magazine photograph 30 years ago.
The haunting photo of a green-eyed, Afghan girl named Sharbat Gula was one of National Geographic magazine's most famous covers.
The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on Thursday distanced itself from Sharbat Gula, Nat Geo's famed 'Afghan Girl' who has been detained by authorities in Pakistan for alleged forgery.
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