Angelina Jolie joins Instagram to call attention to suffering in Afghanistan

Angelina Jolie, a notoriously private celebrity with no public social media presence, has joined Instagram, using the platform to draw attention to the situation in Afghanistan.

Jolie joined the platform on Friday, posting a letter she says she received from a teenage Afghan girl, whose name and location has been blurred. In the letter, the girl expresses her worries and fear over life under the Taliban, writing that "we are imprisoned again." "Before Taliban came in ... we all had rights, we were able to defend our rights freely," the letter reads. "But when they come, we are all afraid of them, and we think all our dreams are gone."