Anjelina Jolie visits Afghan refugees

Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations High Commission for Refugees Angelina Jolie (right) visited the Kacha Ghari Repatriation Centre outside Peshawar on Thursday.

Oscar winning US actress Jolie arrived in Pakistan on Wednesday on a four-day visit to focus world attention on the plight of Afghan refugees.

The actress has been the UN's envoy for refugees since 2001.

She met Pakistani Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz in Islamabad to commend him for taking in three million Afghan refugees.

According to media reports, Jolie also accepted an invitation from Aziz to be the keynote speaker at a donors' conference, to raise funds for Afghan refugees, which will be hosted by Pakistan later this year.

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