Angelina Jolie is now on Instagram. But the actress and director joined the platform to share a letter she received from a girl from Afghanistan.
Angelina Jolie is doing her best to raise awareness on so many things. With the world all looking at Afghanistan, the actress and director couldn’t stay quiet.
So Angelina Jolie joined Instagram to talk about it, and share a letter she received from a young girl living there.
Angelina wrote: “This is a letter I was sent from a teenage girl in Afghanistan. Right now, the people of Afghanistan are losing their ability to communicate on social media and to express themselves freely. So I’ve come on Instagram to share their stories and the voices of those across the globe who are fighting for their basic human rights.”
The Eternals actress also shared her own experience with Afghan refugees: “I was on the border of Afghanistan two weeks before 9/11, where I met Afghan refugees who had fled the Taliban. This was twenty years ago.
It is sickening to watch Afghans being displaced yet again out of the fear and uncertainty that has gripped their country. To spend so much time and money, to have blood shed and lives lost only to come to this, is a failure almost impossible to understand.
Watching for decades how Afghan refugees – some of the most capable people in the world – are treated like a burden is also sickening. Knowing that if they had the tools and respect, how much they would do for themselves. And meeting so many women and girls who not only wanted an education, but fought for it.
Like others who are committed, I will not turn away. I will continue to look for ways to help. And I hope you’ll join me. #Afghanistan#AfghanWomen#AfghanGirls#HumanRights”
