The cover of the June 1985 National Geographic magazine portrayed an Afghan girl whose eyes captivated the world. Since it is the custom for women not to tell their names to strangers, the photographer thought that he would never know the name of this girl. National Geographic searched for this girl and found her. Her name is Sharbat Gula, and she is Pashtun. She is around 28 years old. Photographer Steve McCurry stated:“It's miraculous that Sharbat Gula survived all these years. When I took her photo in 1984, Afghanistan was at war with the Soviet Union. The country was in a serious state of lawlessness, and the mortality rate among the refugee population was high. As with so many of her fellow Afghans, her survival is a testament to her courage and determination.”McCurry further stated,“She's had a hard life, so many here share her story.”The Explorer team verified that the girl was the same as the one photographed <注17> years ago through iris-scanning technology and face-recognition techniques used by the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation.

　　1985年6月的《国家地理》杂志封面是一个阿富汗女孩，她的眼睛深深打动了世人。按照阿富汗的风俗，妇女不能把自己的名字告诉陌生人，因此这张照片的摄影师曾以为自己永远也不会知道这个女孩姓甚名谁。《国家地理》四处寻找终于找到了这个女孩。她叫莎巴·古拉，是普什图族人，现年28岁左右。摄影师斯蒂夫·麦卡里说：“在这些年里莎巴·古拉能生存下来真是个奇迹。1984年我给她拍照的时候，阿富汗正在和苏联打仗。国家处于严重的混乱状态，难民的死亡率很高。和她的许多阿富汗同胞一样，她的幸存就是她的勇气和坚韧的证明。”麦卡里还说：“她过得很艰难，这儿很多人和她有相同的经历。”探险者栏目组运用美国联邦调查局使用的虹膜扫描和人脸识别技术证实了她就是17年前照片中的女孩。

　　Remarks：在烽火与劫灰之中，人们更容易有沧桑的感觉；其实，生存在和平的环境——即令是看似波澜不惊的生活——又何尝不需要勇气与坚韧！