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Afghan Girl is a 1984 photographic portrait of Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan during the Soviet–Afghan War. The photograph, taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic.
Nov 26, 2021 · Sharbat Gulla, the green-eyed Afghan girl who became famous in 1985, arrived in Italy as part of the West's evacuation of Afghans. She was photographed by Steve McCurry and later found in Pakistan and Kabul.
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Nov 25, 2021 · Gula gained international fame in 1984 as an Afghan refugee girl, after war photographer Steve McCurry's photograph of her, with piercing green eyes, was published on the cover of National...
Nov 27, 2021 · Sharbat Gulla, who became famous after a National Geographic cover photo, fled Afghanistan after the Taliban takeover. Italy's prime minister organised her evacuation and will help her integrate into Italian life.
Nov 26, 2021 · Sharbat Gula, who became an international symbol of war-torn Afghanistan after her portrait at a refugee camp was published on the cover of National Geographic magazine in 1985, was evacuated...
Nov 27, 2021 · Two piercing green eyes and a penetrating stare stopped the world in its tracks in 1985.
Nov 25, 2021 · Italy has given safe haven to Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed "Afghan Girl" whose 1985 photo in National Geographic became a symbol of her country's wars, Prime Minister Mario Draghi's office said...
