The actress is very concerned about the condition of women in Afghanistan
Los Angeles, Aug 24 (IANS)| Actress-filmmaker Angelina Jolie has expressed anger over the decision to withdraw US troops from Afghanistan. With the withdrawal of America, the Afghan government has come into the hands of the Taliban. Whatever your views on the war in Afghanistan, we probably agree on one thing, Jolie wrote in an op-ed for Time magazine. It shouldn’t have ended like this.
To give up, cut and run the idea of a peace deal between the Afghan government and the Taliban, and leaving our allies and supporters in such a chaotic manner, after so many years of effort and sacrifice, is a fantasy, he said. It is impossible to fully understand betrayal and failure. Jolie, who served as a special envoy to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees in humanitarian work, says she is ashamed of her country’s departure and feels that the events in Afghanistan bring down America’s pride, FemaleFirst reported. I have come.
Jolie said that I am ashamed of the way we go as an American. The 46-year-old actress is also concerned about women in Afghanistan as the Taliban are notorious for mistreating women. Angelina explained that what is happening in Afghanistan now is very sad and wrong. “We lack a strategy to monitor and support the women and civil society in Afghanistan that the Taliban are targeting, such as banning girls from school, confining women to the home, and denying any women in public Inflicting cruel corporal punishment including whipping.
Jolie said the withdrawal from Afghanistan has created a new refugee crisis. With a record global displacement, nearly a quarter million Afghans have been displaced within the country since May – 80 percent of them women and girls.