The actress said a cat that can “feel the sun on her face” and run through a park has more rights than Afghan girls and women under stricter Taliban laws.

A cat may "feel the sun on her face" in a park but girls do not have such freedoms under the Taliban, she said.

A female cat has more freedom in Afghanistan than a woman does, Hollywood actor Meryl Streep said at the United Nations on Monday in a bid to get world leaders to focus on the plight of Afghan women and girls.