“ began sending billions of dollars to support the mujahideen in the early 1980s against the Afghan government, during the Soviet invasion,” remarks McCurry. Speaking about the involvement of the United States in the Middle East, McCurry states that then-President George Bush’s ‘War on Terror’ did not begin with 9/11. His photography examines the conditions in which people, especially young girls and women, are unable to afford even basic nutritious meals and face life-threatening conditions every day. McCurry’s photojournalism highlights numerous United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including No Poverty, Quality Education, Gender Equality. Tony Northrup, a professional American photographer, posted, and then deleted, a video slamming the authenticity and integrity of Steve McCurry’s photo. Her face came to be known as the “Afghan Girl.” She was 12 years old when National Geographic photojournalist Steve McCurry photographed her. Sharbat Gula was a refugee in the Nasir Bagh refugee camp in Peshawar, Pakistan during the Soviet Invasion.
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