Sharbat Gula’s trials have only begun as recent jailing in Pakistan stirs memories of her iconic 1985 photo

A Pakistani court refused bail to an Afghan woman who became famous for her portrait on National Geographic cover 35 years ago, after she was arrested in Pakistan for using fake identity cards. Pakistan last week arrested Sharbat Gula, whose haunting green eyes, captured in an image taken in a Pakistan refugee camp by photographer Steve…

Islamabad (dpa) – An Afghan woman whose 1985 portrait on the cover of National Geographic magazine became a global sensation should be released from Pakistani custody, Kabul pleaded Wednesday. Sharbat Gula’s image – mostly remembered for her haunting green eyes – became an iconic symbol of wartime Afghanistan in the 1980s. She has lived in Pakistan…