The Afghan woman, popularly known as 'Mona Lisa', arrived in Italy from Afghanistan

The Afghan woman, popularly known as 'Mona Lisa', arrived in Italy from Afghanistan

The sherbet gala, which gained popularity in the 1980s as the "Afghan Mona Lisa" from National Geographic magazine, took refuge in Italy.

A statement from the Italian government stated that "Afghan citizens have arrived at the sherbet gallery," but did not give a date for their arrival.

Italian officials said they had responded to requests from social organizations working in Afghanistan to help Sherbat-e-Gula leave the Taliban-held country.

"Arrangements for the sherbet throat trip to Italy are part of a larger evacuation program for Afghan citizens," the statement said.

Sherbet-e-Gula is arguably Afghanistan's most popular immigrant, photographed by American photographer Steve McCurry at an Afghan refugee camp in Pakistan in the 1980s.

 

According to Sharbat-e-Gula, she came to Pakistan as an orphan four or five years after the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan.

He was deported to Afghanistan in 2016 due to his stay in Pakistan with fake identity documents.

Sherbet Gul has been living in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for decades and was convicted in 2016 on six counts of illegal residence, forgery, fraud, tampering with documents, and violation of National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) rules. was done.

The Special Anti-Corruption and Immigration Court had issued orders to deport Sharbat-e-Gula if found guilty.