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Jolie visits squalid Afghan refugee camps
It was a long way from the glitter of Hollywood for American actress Angelina Jolie, who slogged through the choking dust of the Jalozai refugee camp, home to tens of thousands of afghans who have fled their war- devastated homeland.
It was a long way from the glitter of Hollywood for American actress Angelina Jolie, who slogged through the choking dust of the Jalozai refugee camp, home to tens of thousands of afghans who have fled their war- devastated homeland.
Jolie, who is to become latest United Nations celebrity goodwill ambassador next week at a ceremony in Geneva, refused interviews and photographs. At Jalozai camp, a squalid tent village occupied by about 60,000 exiled Afghans, Jolie shook hands with refugees and knelt before their dusty tents to see first hand their plight, said a UN official, who didn`t want to be quoted.
Jolie was also to visit afghan refugees in southwestern Baluchistan province. Pakistan houses an estimated 2 million Afghans in camps and in cities throughout the country. In the last one year more than 170,000 new refugees have arrived in this poor country largely driven from their homes by the worst drought in living memory as well as continued fighting between rival Islamic groups.
Bureau Report
Jolie, who is to become latest United Nations celebrity goodwill ambassador next week at a ceremony in Geneva, refused interviews and photographs. At Jalozai camp, a squalid tent village occupied by about 60,000 exiled Afghans, Jolie shook hands with refugees and knelt before their dusty tents to see first hand their plight, said a UN official, who didn`t want to be quoted.
Jolie was also to visit afghan refugees in southwestern Baluchistan province. Pakistan houses an estimated 2 million Afghans in camps and in cities throughout the country. In the last one year more than 170,000 new refugees have arrived in this poor country largely driven from their homes by the worst drought in living memory as well as continued fighting between rival Islamic groups.
Bureau Report