Washington, June 18 : Hollywood couple Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have donated 1 million dollars to help displaced people in Pakistan.

Jolie, a goodwill ambassador for the UN Refugee Agency for eight-years, has visited the country thrice, reports People magazine.

The head of the agency, Antonio Guterres, thanked the Jolie-Pitt Foundation for its assistance, describing Pakistan''''s plight "the most challenging humanitarian crisis of the past decade," as more than 2 million people are currently displaced in the country.

The `Tomb Raider' star will talk about her work in aiding refugees on Thursday when she and secretary of state Hillary Clinton celebrate World Refugee Day in Washington DC.

A few days ago, Pitt and Jolie had donated a similar amount for the creation of the Jane Pitt Paediatric Cancer Centre, named after Pitt''''s mother, in his hometown of Springfield, Missouri. (ANI)