Hollywood
star
Angelina
Jolie
has
joined
Instagram
and
said
she
will
use
the
platform
to
shares
voices
fighting
for
their
basic
human
rights,
including
those
coming
out
of
Afghanistan
after
the
country's
takeover
by
the
Taliban.
In
her
first
post
on
the
social
media
platform,
Jolie
shared
a
letter
she
said
she
received
from
an
anonymous
teenage
girl
in
Afghanistan,
who
feared
living
in
the
country
under
the
current
circumstances.
"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
46-year-old
Oscar-winning
actor
wrote.
The
Taliban
swept
into
Kabul
on
Sunday
after
President
Ashraf
Ghani
fled
the
country,
bringing
a
stunning
end
to
a
two-decade
campaign
in
which
the
US
and
its
allies
had
tried
to
transform
Afghanistan.
It
has
sparked
chaos
at
Kabul's
airport,
from
where
America
and
allied
nations
are
trying
to
safely
evacuate
thousands
of
their
citizens
and
allies.
Jolie
recalled
the
time
when
she
was
on
the
border
of
Afghanistan
two
weeks
before
the
September
11,
2001
terror
attacks
in
New
York
and
said
that
she
met
Afghan
refugees
who
had
fled
the
Taliban
nearly
20
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,"
she
wrote.
What
is
also
sickening
is
how
the
Afghanistan
refugees
are
being
"treated
like
a
burden",
Jolie
said
in
an
apparent
criticism
of
world
leaders.
"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," the
actor
concluded
her
post.
Jolie
posted
the
entire
letter
of
the
young
girl
along
with
a
photo
of
seven
Afghan
women
standing
with
their
backs
to
the
camera.
In
the
letter,
the
girl
detailed
her
difficulties
of
going
to
school
after
the
Taliban's
takeover.
"We
all
had
rights,
we
(were)
able
to
defend
our
rights
freely,
but
when
they
came,
we
are
all
afraid
of
them,
and
we
think
all
our
dreams
are
gone,"
the
girl
wrote.
Since
her
debut,
Jolie's
first
post
has
received
over
1.3
million
likes
on
Instagram.
She
has
also
amassed
4.2
million
followers
on
the
social
media
platform.