Angelina Jolie Visits Afghanistan
Friday, October 24th, 2008Angelina completed her first post-twins UNHCR trip yesterday. She visited Afghan citizens who’d returned home from neighboring countries like Pakistan.
During her trip, Ms. Jolie visited recent returnees in the eastern province of Nangarhar, where almost 20 per cent of all Afghans who return to the homeland have settled since 2002.
Refugees told Angelina that they are not able to return to their homes of origins because of poor security and lack of land. People who have are still in their home country but are not able to return to their original city and state are classified as internal refugees.
Angelina was impressed with the “the courage, resilience and quiet dignity of returnee families rebuilding their lives against the kind of adversity few of us can imagine shows the human spirit at its best.” She encouraged more international age fore resettling Afghanis.
As always, kudos to Angelina.


