National Geographic ‘Afghan girl’ evacuated to Rome

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Sharbat Gula, the green-eyed Afghan woman immortalised decades ago on a National Geographic cover, has been evacuated to Italy, the Italian government said on Thursday. “Afghan citizen Sharbat Gula has arrived in Rome,” it said in a statement, without giving a specific date. Rome said it had responded to pleas from non-profit organisations working in Afghanistan to help her leave the Taliban-controlled country, “organising for her to travel to Italy as part of the wider evacuation programme in place for Afghan citizens and the government’s plan for their reception and integration”. Gula became…

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