AP: National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the west’s evacuation of Afghans after the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian government has said. Click here to read more (external link).
BBC News: An Afghan woman made famous by a 1985 National Geographic cover has spoken exclusively to the BBC of her hope for a new beginning, after being deported from Pakistan. Sharbat Gula now lives with her five-year-old son and three daughters in Kabul, where she says she wants to live a normal life after years
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 9, 2016 The famed green-eyed Afghan girl who featured on the cover of National Geographic has met Afghan President Ashraf Ghani after arriving in the capital, Kabul. Sharbat Gula, now in her 40s, was welcomed by Ghani at a reception at the presidential palace after she and her four children
Reuters: A court in Peshawar, capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, found 46-year-old Sharbat Gula guilty of fraudulently obtaining a Pakistani citizenship identity and ordered authorities to deport her after she completes a 15-day jail sentence. She also was fined around $1,100. Her deportation was expected on Monday. Some reports said it had been delayed for a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 7, 2016 Pakistan has delayed the planned deportation of an Afghan woman whose 1985 photograph on the cover of National Geographic magazine became a symbol of her country during war in the 1980s. Sharbat Gula, known as the green-eyed “Afghan Girl,” was facing deportation from Pakistan on November 7 after
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 6, 2016 A provincial government in Pakistan has requested federal authorities to stop the deportation of National Geographic’s famed ‘Afghan Girl.’ A Pakistani court convicted Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed girl who appeared on the cover of the magazine in 1985, of possessing forged identity papers. Gula, now in her 40s,
VOA News Ayaz Gul November 4, 2016 ISLAMABAD — A court in Pakistan has ordered authorities to deport the iconic green-eyed “Afghan Girl” who appeared on the cover of National Geographicmagazine. The court has sentenced Sharbat Gulla to 15 days in prison for fraudulently obtaining Pakistani citizenship identity. Authorities arrested the 46-year-old Afghan about two weeks
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 2, 2016 A Pakistani court has rejected the bail plea of an Afghan woman immortalized on the cover of National Geographic magazine. Sharbat Gula, whose green eyes made her famous as a child refugee, was arrested in the northwestern city of Peshawar on October 26 for allegedly living on fraudulent
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 31, 2016 An Afghan woman immortalized on the cover of National Geographic magazine is to be freed on bail, days after being arrested in Pakistan on fraud charges. Sharbat Gula, whose green eyes made her famous as a child refugee, was arrested in the northwestern city of Peshawar on October
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 26, 2016 Pakistani authorities have arrested National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” for possessing a forged Pakistani identity card. Sharbat Gula, who grew up in a Pakistani refugee camp and is now in her 40s, faces up to 14 years in prison if convicted of fraud. Shahid Ilyas, an