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  • Afghan girl from National Geographic cover arrested in Pakistan

    10/26/2016 5:46:19 AM PDT · by tekrat · 19 replies
    The Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk) ^ | 10/26/2016 | Andrew Marszal
    The green-eyed Afghan refugee girl whose iconic photograph captured the world’s attention three decades ago has been arrested for living illegally in Pakistan with fraudulent documents. Pakistani police arrested Sharbat Gula, now married and in her forties, at her home in Peshawar on Tuesday, just a few miles from the border camp where the famous National Geographic cover image was taken in 1984. Her arrest followed reports that she, like many Afghans, had illegally procured false Pakistani identity cards - for herself and two men she claimed were her sons - in order to remain in the country.
  • 'Afghan Girl': National Geographic cover star arrested

    10/26/2016 12:00:05 PM PDT · by sparklite2 · 43 replies
    BBC ^ | October 26, 2016
    An Afghan woman immortalised on the cover of  National Geographic magazine in 1985 as a  green-eyed 12-year-old has been arrested  in Pakistan for holding fake identity papers, officials say. Sharbat Gula could face a fine and up to 14 years in jail. "I object to this action by the authorities in the strongest possible terms. She has suffered throughout her entire life, and her arrest is an egregious violation of her human rights."