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		Special Report << Back to Feature Page View exclusive photographs and get the facts behind the frame. Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Click to ZOOM IN >> Fast-forward Sculpture Photograph by Mark Thiessen Working from the 1985 Geographic cover photo—and taking into consideration factors such as ethnicity, diet, and way of life—forensic sculptor Frank Bender of Philadelphia projects what the schoolgirl would look like today. National Geographic Television & Film commissioned this work from Bender after its crew returned from Pakistan, as a means to help verify that it had indeed found the “Afghan girl.”

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