Marion Cotillard is worried about the future of those who have helped Western countries, including France, at the risk of their lives in Afghanistan.

A life in danger now that the Taliban have regained power after the withdrawal of the American army, present in the country for twenty years.

The French actress first thought of women, who have lost their rights and whose existence is denied by the Taliban.

"Can we let that happen?"

», Wrote Marion Cotillard on Instagram, in the caption of a video of a young Afghan woman in tears, originally published by Raphaël Glucksmann.

"Prevented from working, reduced to total dependence, forced into marriage, forbidden to go out alone and without a burqa: the Taliban night engulfs Afghan women", explains the European parliamentarian from the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats.

A people on borrowed time

“The world is turning its back on them.

One more time.

20 years of Western military intervention for nothing.

For nothing.

To come back to the starting point: the most delusional fundamentalism and the outright negation of half the population.

Today is a day of infinite sadness.

And of shame.

He adds.

Marion Cotillard then shared several visuals for the We think what? explaining the situation in Afghanistan, the origin of the Taliban, or the role of the United States, China, Iran and Russia. The fate reserved for women by the Islamists is also detailed. The French state is also challenged on its promises to protect Afghans "threatened for their commitment to human rights or freedom of expression". "For the moment, no device has been specified for the interpreters and Afghan auxiliaries of the French army", concludes the post shared by Marion Cotillard.

A publication relayed shortly after the speech by Emmanuel Macron, who said Monday that 625 Afghans who worked alongside France had been welcomed with their families since May, and at the same time wanting to "protect us against significant irregular migratory flows ".

Comments decried by EELV, LFI and the PS, but which join the concerns of the former Republican Xavier Bertrand and the vice-president of the National Rally Jordan Bardella.

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