Afghan Girl
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Age | 52 |
| Born | Nangarhar |
| Afghanistan | |
| Full name | Sharbat Gula |
| Known for | June 1985 |
| National Geographic magazine | |
| Children | Robina Gul |
| Zahida Gul | |
| Alia Gul | |
| Medium | Kodachrome |
| Nikon FM2 | |
| Nikkor | |
| Siblings | Kashar Khan |
| Date of birth | January 1,1972 |
| Nationality | Afghan |
| Year | 1984 |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 509677 |
Afghan Girl Life story
Afghan Girl is a 1984 photographic portrait of Sharbat Gula, an Afghan refugee in Pakistan during the Soviet–Afghan War. The photograph, taken by American photojournalist Steve McCurry near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, famously appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic.
Taliban stop female Afghan students leaving country to study in Dubai
... The video also contains a voice note in English from an Afghan Girl who was stopped at the airport...
Afghanistan women: 'I felt anxious going back to university'
... " This feels like a peace-making gesture and we need to welcome it, but as an Afghan Girl who had to flee the country because my university closed down, I also feel hurt...
Taliban begin talks with western officials in Oslo
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Flight carrying Afghan girl footballers lands in UK
...A group of Afghan Girl footballers have flown into the UK, the culmination of an extraordinary rescue effort that began after the Taliban seized power...
Week in pictures: 15-21 June 2019
... A displaced Afghan Girl carries a child near their shelter at a refugee camp on the outskirts of Kabul...
Week in pictures: 15-21 June 2019
Our selection of some of The Most striking news photographs taken around The World This Week .
A mourner in Hong Kong , wearing a yellow raincoat, pays tribute to a protester who died after falling from scaffolding during mass protests in The City . Millions of protesters have taken part in rallies in recent weeks. They are calling for a proposed bill, which allows extradition to Mainland China , to be scrapped. A Man takes his horse to cool off in the Mediterranean Sea on a hot summer's day in the northern Gaza Strip . Four women take a break on The First day of racing at Ascot Racecourse in Ascot, England. The five-day meeting is one of the highlights of the horse-racing calendar. Supporters of the Santa Maria Novella Rossi team light flares ahead of the semi-finals of the Calcio Storico Fiorentino in Florence, Italy. The official rules of calcio storico - a centuries-old "sport" which merges rugby and Football - were written in 1580 by a local count. The Event forms part of annual celebrations every June to honour The City 's patron saint. Richard Ratcliffe, husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, stages a protest outside the Iranian embassy in London. His British-Iranian wife was jailed in Iran for five years in 2016 after being convicted of spying, which she denies. Mr Ratcliffe is campaigning for her unconditional release. Conservative MP Mark Field confronts Greenpeace activist Janet Barker at a black-tie dinner in London. The Foreign Office minister was filmed marching Ms Barker away as protesters interrupted a speech by Chancellor Philip Hammond . Mr Field has since apologised, but added he was "genuinely worried" Ms Barker may have been armed. He has been suspended as a minister while investigations take place. A displaced Afghan Girl carries a child near their shelter at a refugee camp on The Outskirts of Kabul. Riot policemen take cover during protests in Tbilisi, Georgia. Protesters took to The Streets after Russian MP Sergei Gavrilov addressed an assembly of MPs in Georgia's parliament. Some 240 people were hurt in the clashes. Relations between the two nations remain strained 11 years after Georgia and Russia fought A War over the breakaway region of South Ossetia. A reveller celebrates the sunrise at Stonehenge in Wiltshire on Summer Solstice , the longest day of the year. About 10,000 people gathered at the Neolithic monument, which is built along the alignment of the midsummer sunrise and the midwinter sunset. In Germany, the Dortmund Fire Department was alerted to a squirrel with its head stuck in a manhole cover, apparently trying to escape the sewer system beneath. The squirrel was anaesthetised so it could be freed, after which it was treated and released back into The Wild .photography
Source of news: bbc.com
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