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TEXAS: American actress and rights activist Angelina Jolie has joined Instgaram, using the social media platform to draw attention to the situation in Afghanistan.
The 46-year-old actress, who serves as a special envoy to the United Nations refugee agency, shared a letter from an Afghan girl, who wrote that she is scared of the Taliban’s ascendance into power in the country.
“Right now, the people of Afghanistan are losing their ability to communicate on social media and to express themselves freely,” Jolie said in the post caption. “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.”
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The girl, whose name was redacted, wrote about her fears that the return of the Taliban will end her school career, saying “we are all imprisoned again.”
“It is sickening to watch Afghans being displaced yet again out of the fear and uncertainty that has gripped their country,” she wrote, adding, “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.”
Jolie vowed not to turn her eyes away from the tragedy unfolding at the Afghanistan airport and throughout the country. “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,” Jolie said.
Jolie picked up more than 2.7 million followers after she joined Instagram on Friday. Within four hours, her first post had more than 700,000 likes. She joins other public figures who are also speaking out about the situation in Afghanistan.