A Pakistani prosecutor says a court has dismissed a bail
plea from National Geographic's famed green-eyed 'Afghan Girl,'
arrested a week ago over allegedly forged ID papers.
Sharbat Gulla has denied the charges, insisting she didn't
fraudulently obtain Pakistani nationality.
Prosecutor Mohsin Dawar says the court dismissed the plea
Wednesday, citing lack of evidence to prove Pakistani
citizenship.
Gulla gained worldwide fame in 1984 as an Afghan refugee after
war photographer Steve McCurry's photograph of her, with piercing
green eyes, was published on the cover of National Geographic.
McCurry found her again in Afghanistan in 2002.
She surfaced in Pakistan in 2014, but went into hiding when
authorities accused her of buying a fake Pakistani identity
card.
Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan has promised to
release Gulla on bail.