The most famous national geographic photo ever-journalist steve mccurry shot this picture of a frightened afghan refugee girl pne cold damp morning at the pakistan border,1983.the russians had tried unsuccessfully to integrate afghanistan into the communist regime,then resorted to outright invasion.it was a horrible defeat for them,and greatly accelerated the fall of ussr.america pumped billions of dollars into the war effort,and helped create osama-bin-laden,who,equipped with american technology from the afghan experience,later struck the hand that fed him.
about the photo-The girl's piercing green eyes, shocked with hints of blue and fear, gave away her story. Soviet helicopters destroyed her village and family, forcing her to make a two-week trek out of the perilous mountains of Afghanistan.
"This portrait summed up for me the trauma and plight, and the whole situation of suddenly having to flee your home and end up in refugee camp, hundreds of miles away," McCurry says of the photo that became a National Geographic icon after it was published on the cover in June 1985.
she was lost to the world while she became an iconic image in the west-and was finally relocated in 2001,at the repeated urging of the public.she has grown up now,and lost the sharpness of her face-but her eyes still burn.