Cover to cover, how this Afghan girl went viral 17 years apart
India Today
Sharbat Gulla was given refuge in Italy as a part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans on Thursday after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August. Here’s all you need to know about the green-eyed “Afghan Girl”.
A pair of bright green eyes with a gaze piercing enough to haunt one with the tragedies of the brutal Afghan war; who can forget the iconic portrait taken by war photographer Steve McCurry in 1985. The then 12-year-old girl, later identified as Sharbat Gulla, garnered worldwide fame as the “Afghan Girl” whom McCurry photographed at a refugee camp in Pakistan. In a recent development of blissful fate, Sharbat Gulla was given refuge in Italy as a part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans on Thursday after the Taliban took over Afghanistan in August. Here’s all you need to know about the green-eyed “Afghan Girl”.
WHO IS SHARBAT GULLA?
