If convicted, Sharbat Gula, who was depicted on the cover of the magazine in 1984, could face 14 years in prison and a $5,000 fine. Sharbat Gula, the famed green-eyed Afghan girl who was immortalised in 1985 when the National Geographic magazine published her haunting picture on its cover, was arrested on Wednesday for staying in Pakistan with fake identity documents. The famous 'Afghan girl' Sharbat Gula, was just arrested in Pakistan for 'forging documents.' Sharbat, who applied for a Pakistani identity card in Peshawar in April 2014, had used the name Sharbat Bibi. Pakistan has been tackling the Afghan refugee crisis for over three decades; the UNHCR has termed it as the "largest protracted refugee situation globally".

Source: dna October 27, 2016 04:05 UTC