Why Did This Thirteen-Old Have This Tragic Eye?

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Furthermore, why did this thirteen-years-old have this tragic eye? We need to understand who the Afghan Girl was. The photo was taken around 1984, and the Afghan Girl true identity was Sharbat Gula, she became a refugee after her parents were killed from the Soviet Union Bombing. She was affected by the plague of war, like what i stated before, she's basically a victim from the poisonous miasma. Sharbat received those special eyes due to seeing the death of her parents and experiencing the pain of being a refugee and as a orphan. The only option she had was to escape and in order to do, she was placed in a refugee camp located in Pakistan. Those eyes allows us to see how hard everything was for her and most importantly it was able to show

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