'Afghan Girl' Sharbat Gula to Be Released From Prison
The famous refugee could have received 14 years in jail, but now she will return to her home country of Afghanistan.
After nearly two weeks in a Pakistan jail, the Afghan woman known worldwide for her iconic portrait on the cover of National Geographic will be deported to her home country of Afghanistan, a judge ruled Friday.
Sharbat Gula pleaded guilty in a northwestern Pakistan court to using an unauthorized identification card. She was sentenced to 15 days in jail and ordered to pay a fine of 110,000 rupees (about $1,050 U.S.) She has already served 11 days and could be released early next week, Mohsin Dawar, one of her lawyers, told National Geographic.
She had faced up to 14 years in prison if she had been convicted of using a fake ID.
Aside from her legal troubles, Sharbat Gula, a mother of three,
