The Afghan Girl Has Become The Face of Unwanted Migrants

Sharbat Gula, better known as the Afghan Girl, was deported from Pakistan last week after serving 15 days in jail and a fine of 110,000 rupees (US$1,050) for possessing a fake ID card. At the time, Gula could have faced up to 14 years in prison but the Afghanistan government pleaded for leniency as she was a widow caring for four children and suffering from hepatitis C – the illness which had her serving a majority of her sentence in a local Peshawar hospital.

With utmost delight, I announce that Sharbat Gula is now free from the legal troubles she endured over the past couple of weeks. She soon will also be free from an uncertain life of a refugee as she will be on her way back to her own country as soon as next Monday where she still is a beloved image and a national icon. She will be met by President Ashraf Ghani upon her arrival to welcome her back home and help her with her resettlement. I take this opportunity to thank all those who voiced their support and sympathy to the case of Sharbat Gula. This includes prominent as well as ordinary people within the Government, civil society, Peshawar Court and FIA office, media and the public in large. You all played a significant role resulting in today's good news. - Dr Omar Zakhilwal, Afghanistan Ambassador to Pakistan. Upon arrival, Sharbat will meet President Ghani in Kabul, and will be given the keys to her new house. THANK YOU everyone for your support, your contributions and your concern.

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Upon arriving in Afghanistan for the first time since fleeing as a child, President Ashraf Ghani was on hand to personally welcome Gula and and her children. At the media event, he also presented the family with the keys to a government-provided apartment. As the world’s most famous Afghan refugee Gula’s return was a major boon, and the public gesture seen as a means of further encouraging hesitant refugees to return to the war-affected country.

Elsewhere, the final ruling was seen by Amnesty International as a grave injustice “emblematic of Pakistan's cruel treatment of Afghan refugees. ” Under the surface Pakistan has mounted great pressure on sending millions of settled Afghan refugees back to their home country amidst tense relations between the two sides. In the 1980s, the Afghan Girl was seen as a symbol of hope during the war. But her deportation from Pakistan now means the chance of migrants seeking a better life elsewhere could be coming to an equally symbolic end.

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