She became
the face of the Afghan war after her piercing green eyes were captured
in an iconic photograph taken in a Pakistan refugee camp when she was
just 12.
But
Sharbat Gula, whose picture appeared on the National Geographic cover,
will soon be forced to return to the war-torn homeland she fled more
than 30 years ago.
The
famed 'Afghan Girl' was wearing a full burka - which completely covered
her blazing eyes - when a Pakistani court today ordered that she be
deported.
She was arrested 10 days ago and accused of living in Pakistan on fraudulent identity papers following a two-year investigation.
The
illiterate mother-of-four, now aged in her 40s, pleaded guilty on Friday Nov 04,2016
and the court sentenced her to 15 days in jail and a 110,000 Pakistani
rupee (£841) fine.
Her lawyer Mubashar Nazar told that Gula has already spent 11 days in jail, meaning she could be freed as early as Monday Nov 07,2016
An Afghan
consulate official said that the fine imposed on Gula at the Peshawar
court has already been paid and confirmed she would be released Monday.
'We...
will take her to Afghanistan in an honourable way on Monday,' Abdul
Hameed Jalili, counselor for refugees at the Afghan consulate in
Peshawar, told AFP.
Her children will also return with her.
The 1985 National Geographic image of Gula, then aged 12, became the most famous cover in the magazine's history.
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