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Angelina Jolie has made her Instagram debut using her first post to highlight the plight of young women in Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover.

           Angelina Jolie makes Instagram debut by posting letter from Afghan girl.

 


Actress Angelina Jolie, who is also a a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, said she joined Instagram "to share their stories and the voices of those across the globe who are fighting for their basic human rights".

The actress gained more than 1.8 million followers




within two hours of joining the social media platform after posting pictures of a letter she had received from a teenage girl in Afghanistan

The 46-year-old, who is a special envoy for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, anonymised the letter, which details the young woman's fears about living in the country.

 The teen wrote about the difficulties of going to school because of Talibans controls, stating: "We all lost our freedom and we are imprisoned again."

She also says: "We all had rights, we was able to defend our rights freely but when they (the Taliban) came, we are all afraid of them and we think all our dreams are gone."

Jolie said she feared Afghan people "are losing their ability to communicate on social media and to express themselves freely" following the takeover of the country.

"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," she added.

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