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Afghanistan crisis: Angelina Jolie shares letter from Afghan woman
Humantarian Angelina Jolie has been vocal about her concern for women and girls in Afghanistan, the wake of the Taliban seizing control
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Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie has called on the greater global community to is calling on the world to be aware of atrocities being committed in Afghanistan. Jolie, who has often used her voice to call for an end for human rights abuses, shared a letter she received from a young woman in the country on Instagram, parts of which were blurred out as to not reveal her identity.
“A young woman in #Afghanistan sent me this letter,” Jolie began the caption of her post.
“I’m protecting her identity, but she hasn’t been able to go back to school since the Taliban seized power,” Jolie wrote on the image-sharing app.
Afghanistan hasn’t been the same since the Taliban seized the capital Kabul and took over the administration in August 2021. There are growing concerns, particularly in the international community over how citizens, especially women, are being treated. The terror group has enforced its own interpretation of Sharia Law, which means the likes of public executions and barring girls to get an education, would continue. This is despite initial promises that such wouldn’t be implemented.
ANGELINA JOLIE CALLS FOR INTERVENTION IN AFGHANISTAN
Noting that women in Afghanistan are “being arrested simply for taking part in peaceful protests,” Angelina Jolie said the young girl wrote: “I might never be able to go outside again or even be able to speak as I am a girl.”
Jolie has called on everyone to keep an eye on what is unfolding in Afghanistan.
“Please track what is happening in Afghanistan, where young women are being taken from their homes at night at gunpoint and disappeared, and new restrictions are being imposed on the freedom of women and girls day by day,” she pleaded.
“Please help ensure they’re not forgotten,” Jolie concluded her post, which also highlights women’s rights activists who are “missing” in Afghanistan, including Alia Azizi, Parwana Ibrahimkhel, Mursal Ayar, and Zahra Mohammadi, plus Tamana Zaryab Paryani and her three sisters.
