Famous “Green Eyes” in National Geographic MagazineAfghan girl“Arrived in Italy as part of the West’s evacuation of Afghans Taliban take over the country, The Italian government said.
The Prime Minister’s Office Mario Draghi said Italy After she asked for help to leave the country, she organized the evacuation of Sharbat Gula. The statement said on Thursday that the Italian government will help her integrate into life in Italy.
In 1984, after a photo of her by war photographer Steve McCurry appeared on the cover of National Geographic magazine, Gula became famous as an Afghan refugee girl . McCurry found her again in 2002.
In 2014, she was in Pakistan, but when the authorities accused her of purchasing a forged Pakistani ID and ordered her to be deported, she went into hiding. She flew to Kabul, where the President held a reception for her at the Presidential Palace and handed her keys to the new apartment.
Italy is one of several Western countries that airlifted hundreds of Afghans out of the country after the withdrawal of US troops. Taliban Acquired in August.
