London, England (CNN)-- His image of a nameless green-eyed Afghan girl is one of the most famous in the world and put a human face on a brutal conflict. American documentary photographer Steve ...

The Italian government announced on Thursday that Sharbat Gula, who in 1985 gained worldwide fame as the green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' image by photojournalist Steve McCurry, is in Rome being evacuated ...

This story appears in the December 2010 issue of National Geographic magazine. Twenty-five years ago an Afghan girl with green eyes haunted the cover of National Geographic. She became the iconic ...