A local New Jersey technology firm helped National Geographic track down an Afghan woman, or "THE" Afghan girl as they refer to her, they featured on their cover 17 years ago. They used iris-recognition technology to prove it is her, giving it a 1-in-100 million chance that they're wrong.
The complete article: http://www.nj.com/news/times/index.ssf?/news/times/03-19-JHAR1PWB.html It's a shame that they don't have the pictures of her posted to the site. This woman, who is maybe thirty, looks more like she's fifty after the hard life she's had. She was this stunningly pretty little girl, and now she's haggard and drawn. It gives you a little insight into exactly how rough things are there. National Geographic is doing her life story, and it will air on MSNBC. Jim Sharkey ------------------------------------------------
