Pashtun Girl

In 1985 National Geographic featured a haunting photo of a young Pashtun girl. She was beautiful with strikingly cold eyes staring dead into the photographer's lens.

Well, 17 years has come and gone. She's nearing 30 now, has married, produced 4 children and managed to avoid getting blown up.
It shocks me. You can see the years of refuge and war on her face. She looks like a woman of almost 50, not a woman of almost 30. Before her eyes were defiant, now they are weary and tired.

The evils of this earth really does do much to crush out life in people.