Sharbat Gula, now in her 40s, is under arrest in Pakistan for falsifying documents and staying illegally in the country.
"The petition filed in the special court was dismissed," her lawyer Mubasher Nazar said.
Gila, whose striking green eyes in a National Geographic cover photo made her face known around the world, was 12 when photographer Steve McCurry captured his iconic image of her living in a refugee camp for Afghan nationals in Peshawar, Pakistan.
Gula -- also known as Sharbat Bibi -- was arrested in Peshawar last week.
