Ka taƙaita labarin:  (CNN) Shekaru talatin da suka wuce, Steve McCurry ya dauki hoton da ya fi kowane lokaci. Duk da haka ko da bayan duk wannan lokacin, fitaccen mai daukar hoto yana cike da farin ciki lokacin da yake magana game da "Afghan Girl". Ya ce: "Na san cewa tana da idanu masu kyau sosai. "Amma akwai taron mutane kewaye da mu, ƙurar tana birgima, kuma hakan ya kasance kafin kyamarorin dijital kuma ba ku taɓa sanin abin da zai faru da fim ɗin ba. "Lokacin da na tsara hoton, na san cewa na musamman ne. Na nuna shi ga editan National Geographic, kuma ya yi tsalle a ƙafafunsa kuma ya yi ihu, 'wannan shine murfinmu na gaba.' " Ba wai kawai "Afghan Girl" ta zama mujallar mujallar ta gaba ba, amma mafi nasara a cikin tarihinsa. An dauki hoton Sharbat Gula mai shekaru 12, maraya Pashtun a sansanin 'yan gudun hijirar Nasir Bagh a kan iyakar Afghanistan da Pakistan, a watan Disamba 1984 kuma an buga shi a shekara mai zuwa. Matar, yanzu a cikin shekarunta arba'in, kwanan nan an gano cewa tana zaune a Pakistan. Lokacin da McCurry ya yi tunani game da shahararsa, abin da ya fi burge shi shi ne tasirin da wannan hoton ya yi a duniyar gaske. "Mutane sun ba da kansu su yi aiki a sansanin 'yan gudun hijira domin wannan hoton", in ji shi. "Afghans suna alfahari da ita sosai, kamar yadda yarinyar take da talauci amma tana nuna girman kai, ƙarfin hali da girmama kai. "Ya jawo hankali ga halin da suke ciki, kuma ya yi wa mutane da yawa wahayi". Har ila yau ya jagoranci National Geographic don kafa Asusun Yara na Afghanistan - kuma yana nufin cewa har zuwa yau, McCurry ba a taɓa cajin kuɗin kuɗin da direbobi na taksi na Afghanistan suka yi ba. Hoton ya zama cibiyar babban baje kolin aikin McCurry, wanda aka buɗe kwanan nan a Monza, Italiya, kuma zai ci gaba har zuwa 6 ga Afrilu. "Abin farin ciki ne idan na duba baya ga aikina kuma na ga yadda jigogi da alaƙa suka bayyana. Amma ban taba tunanin yin ritaya ba, "mai shekaru 64 ya gaya wa CNN daga ɗakinsa a New York. "Akwai sababbin wurare da labarai da yawa da suke burge ni. Ina da jerin wurare da yawa da zan ziyarta: Iran, Madagascar, Mongolia, Rasha....
Steve McCurry's "Afghan Girl" yana daya daga cikin hotunan da aka fi sani a duniya. McCurry ya yi aiki a mafi yawan yankunan yaki na duniya a cikin shekaru 40 na aiki. An bude baje kolin aikinsa a Italiya.