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Angelina Jolie is worried about the state of women in Afghanistan after the Taliban Crisis that recently is being faced by Afghanistan resulting in a global concern. In an interview, Angelina Jolie said that she is constantly thinking about all the women and girls of the country whose rights are getting snatched away from them. These girls do not have any idea or hope that they will be able to go back to school and offices for their studies and work someday. Everything will get back to normal one day. The Salt actress expressed her opinions on the current situation of women in Taliban-run Afghanistan while talking to the German Newspaper.
The 46 years old American Hollywood Star said, " I am thinking of the young Afghans who are worried that they will lose their freedom. Afghanistan is not a slip-up or an isolated case, it stands for a pattern. It stands for decades of neglect of human rights, the lack of well-thought-out human rights-based interventions, and the collapse of the international system. Right now the people of Afghanistan are losing their ability to communicate on social media and to express themselves freely." The Maleficent actor has finally made her debut on the most popular social media handle Instagram for highlighting the struggles of Afghans. Instantly she gained 2 million+ followers on Instagram right after posting pictures of the letter that she has received from a teenage girl of Afghan speaking on atrocities and uncertainties that has suddenly hit her after the big political move of the Taliban to come into power.
Source: Asianet News
Angelina captioned the picture on Instagram, " 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 have come on Instagram to share their stories and the voices of those across the globe who are fighting for their basic human rights. 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 bloodshed 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 as 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 will join me."
