National Geographic, one of the most popular magazines in the world, shared a photograph of an Afghan woman named “Sharbat Gula” in 1985. Especially the look of the woman, who had to immigrate to Pakistan due to the Taliban, had a great impact at that time.
Photographer Steve McCurry met the Afghan Girl while working in a refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan, and took a photo of Gula to show what the uncertainty in Afghanistan is doing to people. While National Geographic published the photo of the Afghan Girl; “His eyes reflect the tragedy of a war-torn country,” he said. Here is that Afghan Girl, now she is on the agenda again.
Here is the photo that introduced the Afghan Girl to the world
Sharbat Gula’s resurgence is due to a rescue operation carried out by Italy in Afghanistan. Trying to save people from the country that came under the control of the Taliban again last summer, Italy also saved the Afghan Girl in the operation it carried out in the past days. Gula, who was taken to Rome as of yesterday, will continue to live in Italy.
Making statements on the subject, the Italian Prime Ministry once again reminded how iconic Sharbat Gula is, using the expressions “Sharbat Gula has gained enough global fame to symbolize the ups and downs and conflicts in the historical phase that Afghanistan and its people are going through.” . .
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