Jim Sharkey wrote: > > 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.
The pictures are at http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/03/0311_020312_sharbat.html along with an article that tells a little more about her. Julia
