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Green-eyed girl’held in Pakistan (from November 14th issue of Time Magazine)
-An Afghan refugee whose iconic portrait was on the cover of National Geographic in 1985 was arrested in Pakistan on fraud charges.Sharbat Gula’s arrest comes as Pakistan cracks down on fake IDs in an attempt to deport some of its 1.4 million Afghan refugees.
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Permalink Reply by Philip Riviere on
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The Nat Geo Society should try to help her out...Consider how much her image helped the society.....
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Permalink Reply by George Thomas Wilson on
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Phil,
Other than legal fees, I'm not sure what they can do.
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Permalink Reply by Scott T. Shier on
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I saw this online when the news broke (not from NGS though), and then didn't bring it up here. Thanks, Phil.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2016/10/afghan-girl-sharbat-gula...
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