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National Geographic green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl’ evacuated to Italy

25th November, 2021 · admin

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).

Posted in Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Escape from the Taliban, Italy, Sharbat Gula |
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‘Green eyed girl’ Sharbat Gula in quest for new life

16th January, 2017 · admin

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

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Posted in Other News, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Sharbat Gula |
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National Geographic’s ‘Afghan Girl’ Arrives In Kabul

9th November, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Sharbat Gula |
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Will Pakistan Deport Iconic National Geographic ‘Afghan Girl’?

8th November, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Sharbat Gula |
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Pakistan Delays Deportation of Green-Eyed ‘Afghan Girl’

7th November, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Sharbat Gula |
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Pakistan Provincial Government Requests Halt To Deportation Of Famed ‘Afghan Girl’

6th November, 2016 · admin

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,

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Sharbat Gula |
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Pakistan to Deport Iconic National Geographic ‘Afghan Girl’

4th November, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Human Rights, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Sharbat Gula |
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Pakistan Court Denies Bail To National Geographic’s ‘Afghan Girl’

2nd November, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Omar Zakhilwal, Sharbat Gula |
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Pakistan To Free On Bail National Geographic’s Famed ‘Afghan Girl’

31st October, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations, Refugees and Migrants | Tags: Sharbat Gula |
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Pakistan Arrests National Geographic’s Famed ‘Afghan Girl’

26th October, 2016 · admin

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

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Posted in Crime and Punishment, Pakistan-Afghanistan Relations | Tags: Sharbat Gula |

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