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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.
Sharbat Gula (Pashto: شربت ګله; born c. 1972) is an Afghan woman who became internationally recognized as the 12-year-old subject in Afghan Girl, a 1984 portrait taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry that was later published as the cover photograph for the June 1985 issue of National Geographic.
Steve McCurry (born February 24, 1950) is an American photographer, freelancer, and photojournalist.His photo Afghan Girl, of a girl with piercing green eyes, has appeared on the cover of National Geographic several times.
Sharbat Gula, the woman who was photographed in an iconic 1984 magazine cover, was recently arrested in Pakistan.
National Geographic magazine’s famed green-eyed “Afghan Girl” has arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans following the Taliban takeover of the country, the Italian ...
Sharbat Gula had been living in Afghanistan since 2016.
In the June 1985 issue, Debra Denker wrote the cover story titled "Along Afghanistan's War-torn Frontier", writing about the Soviet and Afghanistan war. The photo on the cover of the magazine featured a picture of a Green-eyed Afghanistan girl (Sharbat Gula) photographed by Steve McCurry. This cover image is National Geographic's most ...
A 17-year-old girl who is not allowed to speak in public in her own country has won a prestigious international award for advocating for the rights of other Afghan girls.
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