Afghan Girl

Afghan Girl

Real Name: Sharbat Gula
A.k.a: Afghan Girl
Category: Pop Culture
Submitted by: Bob Sacamano
Posted Date: 2005-01-15
Last Modified: 2020-01-11

She was the unknown, unnamed subject of one of the most riveting National Geographic photos ever. Taken in 1986, this teenage refugee was photographed at a refugee camp in Pakistan and known only as the “Afghan girl”.

What happened to: Afghan Girl

National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry returned to Pakitstan and Afghanistan looking for her in 2003.
She was located living in a remote village in Afghanistan, now in her 30’s.

She lives as a traditional moslem woman, wearing a veil. She is married and mother to three daughters. A fourth daughter died in infancy.

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