The girl is only fourteen years old, but she has become well known for speaking out against the Taliban for their treatment of women. For her efforts, he life has been in danger, and now she has received a gunshot wound to the head, and the neck.
The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying her promotion of education for girls was pro-Western and she had opposed them.
Islamism controls the streets, and the Taliban's militants have infiltrated the cities and towns.
MalalaYousufzai was only eleven when her blog written under a pseudonym caught everyone's attention. She called for education for girls, and even won Pakistan's highest civilian prize.
The threats increased, and Malala was forced to flee her home with her two younger brothers.
Malala started to organize a fund to make sure poor girls could go to school, planning on making the Malala Education Foundation in the new town, Swat, she have moved to. . . while the Taliban printed threats against her in the newspaper.
The Taliban found her, went to her school, asked for her by name, and shot her while she was in the school bus. Though the bullet was successfully pulled from her neck, she remains unconscious.
Islamism controls the streets, and the Taliban's militants have infiltrated the cities and towns.
MalalaYousufzai was only eleven when her blog written under a pseudonym caught everyone's attention. She called for education for girls, and even won Pakistan's highest civilian prize.
The threats increased, and Malala was forced to flee her home with her two younger brothers.
Malala started to organize a fund to make sure poor girls could go to school, planning on making the Malala Education Foundation in the new town, Swat, she have moved to. . . while the Taliban printed threats against her in the newspaper.
The Taliban found her, went to her school, asked for her by name, and shot her while she was in the school bus. Though the bullet was successfully pulled from her neck, she remains unconscious.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Pakistan girl shot by Taliban defied threats for years - Yahoo! News
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