Angelina Jolie on Instagram He moved his followers by sharing the desperate letter of a young Afghan girl. The famous actress debuted on said social network with this content and broke all her records.
In May 2021, US troops began their withdrawal from Afghanistan after President Joe Biden’s decision to end his country’s longest war; the Taliban advanced and took Kandahar on August 13, the second largest city in Afghanistan.
President Ashraf Ghani left the country on August 15, the same day the Taliban entered the capital, Kabul. From that moment on, international human rights organizations warned about the dangers that a Taliban government could bring to Afghan women. Thousands of Afghan people are displaced.
What was the first thing Angelina Jolie posted on Instagram?
The actress had stayed away from Instagram despite the fact that accounts with her name swarm on that social network, until last weekend she decided to open it with the aim of denounce the serious social situation in the country of Afghanistan.
“This is a letter sent to me by a teenage girl from Afghanistan. Right now, the people of Afghanistan are losing the ability to communicate on social media and express themselves freely. So I came to Instagram to share your stories and the voices of those around the world fighting for their basic human rights.
I was on the border in 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 see Afghans once again displaced by the fear and uncertainty that has gripped their country.
Spending so much time and money, shedding blood and losing lives just to come to this, is a failure almost impossible to understand.
Seeing for decades how Afghan refugees, some of the most capable people in the world, are treated like a burden is also disgusting. Knowing that if they had the tools and the respect, how much they would do for themselves. and meet so many women and girls who not only wanted an education, but fought for it.
Like others who are committed, I will not back away. I will keep looking for ways to help. And I hope you’ll join me.»
Brad Pitt’s ex wrote along with images of the aforementioned letter.
It should be clarified that this could be the most successful debut on said social network, because in a few hours of making his first post on his true official account @angelinajolie, he reached six million followers. At the time of publication of this note, the post in question had more than 3 million «likes» and almost 130 thousand comments.
In addition, the movie star shared another series of images that alluded to displacement in various parts of the world and clarified that did not work with displaced persons for charitybut because he feels «a deep respect for them and their families, and for everything they continue to overcome, despite so much persecution, inequality and injustice.»
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