It’s hard not to think of “Saint” Angelina when one sees photos like this one.
Regardless of what she did when in her twenties, adult, responsible Angelina continues doing good works. I think those that criticize her have every right but how many of us even if we could afford it would travel to a place like “war-torn Afghanistan?”

This is far from the first time she’s ventured into places with questionable safety. And I don’t think she’s acting when she sits and listens to the people of these countries with pad and pen in hand. Just that simple act of traveling there and showing that someone cares–what is that worth? Impossible to measure. Most of us assuage our guilt about our plenty by giving to charity. Jolie actually gives of herself as well as giving substantially monetary donations.

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Before surprising Clint Eastwood this week at the Hollywood Film Festival Awards Gala, Angelina Jolie traveled to the other side of the world for her first trip to war-torn Afghanistan.

Jolie, a Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Refugee Agency, met refugees who have returned to their post-Taliban homeland to rebuild their lives after fleeing in 2001. She also visited projects by Afghan Hands, an organization helping women and children, inspired by her work with refugees. “After seeing real suffering,” she tells PEOPLE, “you never complain anymore.”

What’s the first thing she did after returning home? “Hug the kids.” – Mary Green

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