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National Geographic's Famed 'Afghan Girl' Still in Pakistan Custody

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Diplomatic and legal efforts are underway in Pakistan to secure an early release from police custody of a green-eyed Afghan woman whose photograph as a young refugee was published on the cover of National Geographic in 1985. Police arrested 46-year old Sharbat Gulla this past Wednesday at her residence in the city of Peshawar on charges of fraudulently obtaining Pakistani national identity cards for her herself and her two sons. On Friday, Pakistani prosecutors said that Gulla was...

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