November 9, 2016 7:45 PM

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Pakistan deports National Geographic's Afghan green eyed girl

An Afghan woman made famous by a National Geographic cover in 1985 has been deported from Pakistan after she was convicted of having fake ID papers. Sharbat Gula had served a 15-day prison sentence in hospital where she was treated for hepatitis C. She and her four children were handed over at the border. She is expected to meet President Ashraf Ghani in Kabul. <br/><br/>Gula, whose is remembered for her haunting green eyes, fled Soviet-occupied Afghanistan as a child. She and millions of other Afghans sought refuge in neighbouring Pakistan and Iran. After her arrest in Peshawar, near the border, on 23 October she pleaded guilty to all charges. She could have faced years in prison.

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