Pakistan denies bail to National Geographic’s ‘Afghan Girl’
A Pakistani prosecutor says a court has dismissed a bail plea from National Geographic’s famed green-eyed ‘Afghan Girl,’ arrested a week ago over allegedly forged ID papers. The Washington Post reports.
Sharbat Gulla has denied the charges, insisting she didn’t fraudulently obtain Pakistani nationality.
Prosecutor Mohsin Dawar says the court dismissed the plea Wednesday, citing lack of evidence to prove Pakistani citizenship.
Gulla gained worldwide fame in 1984 as an Afghan refugee after war photographer Steve McCurry’s photograph of her, with piercing green eyes, was published on the cover of National Geographic.