The iconic Afghan girl in Steve McCurry’s National Geographic photo arrives in Italy

The haunting expression, a mixture of pain and resilience, of a child believed to be around 12 years old, has been dubbed the “Afghan Girl”. She became a symbol of war, change and challenge after American photographer Steve McCurry captured her. image in a refugee camp in Peshawar, on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/11/27/afghan-girl-steve-mccurry-italy-evacuation/ The iconic Afghan girl in Steve McCurry’s National Geographic photo arrives in Italy