Angelina Jolie joins Instagram to voice her support for Afghans; Fatima Bhutto questions her activism

August 29, 2021

Jolie joined Instagram recently after Taliban took over Afghanistan to voice her support for Afghans

Angelina Jolie joins Instagram to voice   her support for Afghans; Fatima Bhutto questions her activism

The award-winning actress, filmmakerand humanitarian, who works as a special envoy to the United Nations refugee agency, joined Instagram recently after Taliban took over Afghanistan to voice her support for Afghans.

Jolie’s first post was in fact a photograph of an emotional letter from an Afghan girlthat she received. She captioned the post, “This is a letter I was sent from a teenage girl in Afghanistan. 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 Oscar-winner became the fastest user to reach one million followers within three hours and as we write this piece, Angelina Jolie has 9.7 million Instagram followers.

The actress went on to say that 20 years ago she was on the border of Afghanistan, just two weeks before 9/11, where she met Afghan refugees who had fled the Taliban. “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,” stated Jolie.

“Watching for decades how Afghan refugees – some of the most capable people in the world – are treated like a burden is also sickening,” she said addressing the suffering in Afghanistan and also added that like others who are committed, she will not turn away. “I will continue to look for ways to help. And I hope you’ll join me.”

Angelina Jolie joins Instagram to voice   her support for Afghans; Fatima Bhutto questions her activism

This is not all! In her second post, Jolie speaks about displacement. “I started working with displaced people because I believe passionately in human rights. Not out of charity, but out of a deep respect for them and their families, and all they continue to overcome, despite so much persecution, inequality and injustice,” she wrote on her Instagram post.

However, in a recent turn of events writer and columnist Fatima Bhutto called out Angelina Jolie after her debut post in support of Afghanistan.

Fatima Bhutto took to Twitter and wrote, “Judging by some leading feminists and actresses, Afghanistan was a paradise until last week.” In another tweet she stated, “Thanks so much, do Palestine next.” This was followed by a third tweet in which Fatima asked, “Has anyone told her about Kashmir?”

In an earlier tweet, Bhutto stressed on the fact that the “West has always excelled in PR, hugging babies, crying on TV, prancing around in burqas - they are bending over backwards in Afghanistan to shape the story and cover their catastrophic incompetence, callousness and corruption. Won’t work. Your failure will haunt you.”

Angelina Jolie joins Instagram to voice her support for Afghans; Fatima Bhutto questions her activism