Malala Yousufzai, Teenage Pakistani Girl Activist, Attacked By Taliban

[adeel_sami]

Guys, our media has forgotten her. It's no more a hot-trending news now.

 

[waltky]

Was Malala the victim of a Pakistani gov't. plot?...

Schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai could be victim of government plot, Labour peer claimed
Sunday 04 November 2012 - A 15-year-old school girl shot after campaigning for girls’ education in Pakistan, could be the victim of government assassins, a Labour peer has suggested.

Lord Ahmed said he believed Malala Yousafzai, who is awaiting reconstructive surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, could have been shot as part of a plot to discredit the Taliban. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for trying to kill the schoolgirl, who was shot in the head at point blank range, on the day of the shooting and later said it would try again. But Lord Ahmed told the meeting in Willesden, North London the following evening that he believed the young girl may have been shot as an excuse to launch a military assault in the Taliban stronghold of Waziristan. He claimed similar incidents had happened in London and compared the crime to Jimmy Savile’s sex assaults, during a speech at a community meeting in North London.

In a video obtained by the Daily Telegraph, Lord Ahmed spoke in a mixture of Urdu and English. He said he had visited Mingora, the town where Malala lived with her family in the Swat Valley and there was “no danger whatsoever” from militants. “I don't know why it happened and one reason could possibly be there’s an operation in Waziristan [which] may possibly be on the cards or some other sort of action,” he told the meeting. “It could have also been to build and increase public opinion and support in favour of a Waziristan operation and God forbid, she could have been caught as a tool in that conspiracy.”

Comparing the incident to crimes in London, he added: “One lone accident should not be generalised and this could have taken place in London and has done so in the past too. “So we should not imply that this area is under the control of Tehreek-e-Taliban [the Pakistani Taliban] in anyways just because of this incident. “Criminal activity can even take place inside the BBC and crimes have been committed by people smoking cigars, which the police are now investigating. “I live in East London and it is possible that somebody may have been mugged there today, showing that one incident alone is not enough to brand an entire area.”

Lord Ahmed said he had made the comments before the full facts were clear. “If I said that, that’s what I said, although I never mentioned the government of Pakistan,” he added. “This is not a British matter, it’s a Pakistani matter, she is a Pakistani girl and I was repeating opinions which had been expressed in the Pakistani parliament. “On this particular day, I had no idea what happened. Three or four days later when the facts were clear I made a speech at the Pakistan Press Club condemning the Taliban.”

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[adeel_sami]

Yup, rumoring at a larger scale. People are up saying govt. did it to dim the focus of nation on other things for awhile.

 

[waltky]

Pakistan honors Malala...

Pakistanis Honor School Girl Shot by Taliban
November 10, 2012 - Pakistani students and rights activists are honoring the 15-year-old Pakistani girl who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban a month ago.

The United Nations designated Saturday to be "Malala Day" as a global tribute to Malala Yousafzai, who was targeted by gunmen for promoting the right of girls to attend school and for documenting Taliban atrocities. In her hometown of Mingora in the northwestern Swat Valley, hundreds of students prayed for her early recovery and vowed to continue her mission. Her supporters also gathered in Karachi and other Pakistani cities. Taliban gunmen shot Malala Yousafzai in the head and neck in the Swat Valley. She was internationally recognized for her work. She is now recovering from her wounds at a hospital in Britain.

On Friday, former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown presented Pakistan's government with a petition with more than one million signatures in support of Malala. Mr. Brown, the U.N.'s envoy for global education, says a new foundation has been created to honor Malala. The Malala Foundation will do the work the teenager told her friends just weeks before she was shot that she wanted to do -- campaign for the 32 million girls around the world who are not in school.

Nearly 90,000 people have signed another petition to have Malala nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize. Also Friday, Malala's father paid tribute to those around the world who have shown her support. Ziauddin Yousafzai spoke from Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, where Malala is being treated. He said she is recovering well and wants everyone to know she has been inspired and humbled by the thousands of cards, messages and gifts she has received.

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[waltky]

Zadari finally visits Malala...

Pakistani president visits schoolgirl activist in UK
Mon, Dec 10, 2012 - PINT-SIZED PEACE PRIZE: The 15-year-old’s was shot by the Taliban for her rights campaigning and many say her efforts are deserving of the Nobel Prize for peace

Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari on Saturday visited the Pakistani schoolgirl recovering in a British hospital after she was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls’ education. Zardari also met 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai’s family at the specialist Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, where Malala was flown from Pakistan in October following the brutal attack on her school bus. “President Zardari, accompanied by his daughter Asifa Bhutto, met with clinicians who have been treating Malala since her admission to the hospital,” the hospital said in a statement. “They were brought up to date on the 15-year-old’s medical progress and her future treatment plan.”

In an attack that shocked the world, Malala was shot in the head on Oct. 9 as punishment for the “crime” of campaigning for Afghan girls’ rights to receive an education. She miraculously survived the murder attempt, but requires reconstructive surgery because the bullet grazed her brain, coming within centimeters of killing her. Photographs released by the hospital on Saturday showed Malala sitting with Zardari and his daughter, wearing a blue headscarf and a pink jumper. She is also pictured standing with the Pakistani president, in contrast to earlier photos of her lying in her hospital bed. There have been many calls for the teenager to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, while the UN declared a global “Malala Day” last month to show support for her female education campaign.

Pakistan is paying for her care at the Queen Elizabeth hospital, which also treats British soldiers seriously wounded in Afghanistan. Malala has received thousands of goodwill messages from around the world and has said she is overwhelmed by the outpouring of support. She rose to prominence aged just 11, writing a blog for the BBC Urdu service describing life under the Taliban’s hardline rule in the Swat Valley in northwestern Pakistan. She was awarded the Pakistani government’s first national peace award and was also nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize.

Pakistani president visits schoolgirl activist in UK - Taipei Times

 

[waltky]

Malala likely to transfer to school in the UK...

Malala's father given diplomatic role in UK
Jan 2,`13 -- The father of a teenage Pakistani activist shot in the head by Taliban for advocating girls' education has been given a diplomatic post in the U.K.

Malala Yousufzai has been recovering at a hospital in Birmingham, England, after she was shot in October in Pakistan. The Taliban have vowed to target her again.

Pakistan's High Commissioner to Britain, Wajid Shamsul Hasan, confirmed a BBC report Wednesday saying that Malala's father, Ziauddin, has been appointed Pakistan's education attache in Birmingham.

The position - with an initial 3-year commitment - virtually guarantees Malala will remain in the U.K.

Malala's case won worldwide recognition for the struggle for women's rights in Pakistan. In a sign of her reach, the 15-year-old made the shortlist for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2012.

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[Peter Dow]

Malala likely to transfer to school in the UK...

It doesn't say that.

It says she is likely to stay in the UK. It doesn't say she is well enough to go to school.

 

[waltky]

Peter wrote: It doesn't say that.

It says she is likely to stay in the UK. It doesn't say she is well enough to go to school.

What then?...

... she just gonna drop out...

... rather than transfer to school in the UK...

... now that her father has been appointed to a diplomatic job there?

... ya putz.


Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital
Jan 4,`13 -- Three months after she was shot in the head for daring to say girls should be able to get an education, a 15-year-old Pakistani hugged her nurses and smiled as she walked out of a Birmingham hospital.

Malala Yousufzai waved to a guard and smiled shyly as she cautiously strode down the hospital corridor talking to nurses in images released Friday by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. "She is quite well and happy on returning home - as we all are," Malala's father, Ziauddin, told The Associated Press. Malala, who was released Thursday, will live with her parents and two brothers in Britain while she continues to receive treatment. She will be admitted again in the next month for another round of surgery to rebuild her skull.

Experts have been optimistic that Malala, who was airlifted from Pakistan in October to receive specialized medical care, has a good chance of recovery because the brains of teenagers are still growing and can better adapt to trauma. "Malala is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery," said Dr. Dave Rosser, the medical director for University Hospitals Birmingham. "Following discussions with Malala and her medical team, we decided that she would benefit from being at home with her parents and two brothers."

The Taliban targeted Malala because of her relentless objection to the group's regressive interpretation of Islam that limits girls' access to education. She was shot while returning home from school in Pakistan's scenic Swat Valley on Oct. 9. Her case won worldwide recognition, and the teen became a symbol for the struggle for women's rights in Pakistan. In an indication of her reach, she made the shortlist for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2012.

The militants have threatened to target Malala again because they say she promotes "Western thinking," but a security assessment in Britain concluded the risk was low in releasing her to her family. British police have provided security for her at the hospital, but West Midlands Police refused to comment on any security precautions for Malala or her family going forward. Pakistani doctors removed a bullet that entered her head and traveled toward her spine before Malala's family decided to send her to Britain for specialized treatment. Pakistan is paying.

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[Peter Dow]

Peter wrote: It doesn't say that.

It says she is likely to stay in the UK. It doesn't say she is well enough to go to school.

What then?...

... she just gonna drop out...

... rather than transfer to school in the UK...

... now that her father has been appointed to a diplomatic job there?

... ya putz.

People who are too sick to go to school are not described as "going to drop out" as if by choice - you silly ape.

Just because her father has a job in the UK doesn't make her well enough to attend school.

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital
Jan 4,`13 -- Three months after she was shot in the head for daring to say girls should be able to get an education, a 15-year-old Pakistani hugged her nurses and smiled as she walked out of a Birmingham hospital.

Malala Yousufzai waved to a guard and smiled shyly as she cautiously strode down the hospital corridor talking to nurses in images released Friday by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham. "She is quite well and happy on returning home - as we all are," Malala's father, Ziauddin, told The Associated Press. Malala, who was released Thursday, will live with her parents and two brothers in Britain while she continues to receive treatment. She will be admitted again in the next month for another round of surgery to rebuild her skull.

Experts have been optimistic that Malala, who was airlifted from Pakistan in October to receive specialized medical care, has a good chance of recovery because the brains of teenagers are still growing and can better adapt to trauma. "Malala is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery," said Dr. Dave Rosser, the medical director for University Hospitals Birmingham. "Following discussions with Malala and her medical team, we decided that she would benefit from being at home with her parents and two brothers."

The Taliban targeted Malala because of her relentless objection to the group's regressive interpretation of Islam that limits girls' access to education. She was shot while returning home from school in Pakistan's scenic Swat Valley on Oct. 9. Her case won worldwide recognition, and the teen became a symbol for the struggle for women's rights in Pakistan. In an indication of her reach, she made the shortlist for Time magazine's "Person of the Year" for 2012.

The militants have threatened to target Malala again because they say she promotes "Western thinking," but a security assessment in Britain concluded the risk was low in releasing her to her family. British police have provided security for her at the hospital, but West Midlands Police refused to comment on any security precautions for Malala or her family going forward. Pakistani doctors removed a bullet that entered her head and traveled toward her spine before Malala's family decided to send her to Britain for specialized treatment. Pakistan is paying.

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That however made the main evening news here in Britain tonight and it was really nice to see!

 

[Mr. H.]

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban to have skull reconstructed - Yahoo! News

She'll be bok.

 

[Peter Dow]

Pakistani girl shot by Taliban to have skull reconstructed - Yahoo! News

She'll be bok.

Come on Malala!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqOMuR5Z530]It's Getting Better - Cass Elliot - YouTube[/ame]

 

[Peter Dow]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlWprzgSwqA]Malala Yousafzai - getting better every day - YouTube[/ame]

The first part of the video is a Sky News report detailing the scheduled reconstructive surgery planned to be carried out on Malala Yousafzai at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham, England.

A titanium plate is to be fitted to Malala's skull and a cochlear implant to help her recover hearing in her left ear.

The second part of the video is news footage of Malala set to the music "It's getting better" sung by Cass Elliot.

The video concludes with the following end message from me Peter Dow for my AfPakMission channel video as follows.

We love Malala.
We hate the Taliban.
We are the good people.
The Taliban are evil.

The good people of Pakistan and all the world wish Malala
to get better every day.
Our military should kill every Taliban and help the world
to get better every day.

First the victory prize by wiping out the Taliban.

Then there will be peace
and time for peace prizes.
We have a war to win first.​

 

[waltky]

Malala comes out of surgery awake & talking...

Wounded Pakistani schoolgirl talks about surgery, new girls' fund
February 4, 2013 -- Two videos were released Monday showing Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai speaking publicly for the first time since she was shot by the Taliban in October for campaigning for female education.

The first, recorded by a public relations company on Jan. 22, days before the 15-year-old underwent complex cranial and auricular reconstruction surgery at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, features Malala announcing the launch of a special fund for girls’ education in Pakistan. She speaks clearly with some stiffness on one side of her face. “Today you can see that I am alive and I can speak," she said. "I can see you, I can see everyone and today I can speak. I am getting better day by day ... because of the prayers of people, because of the men, the women, the children. … This is a second life, this is a new life and I want to serve, I was to serve the people, and I want every girl, every child to be educated and for that reason we have organized the Malala fund.”

A British hospital released this image from a video of an interview with Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai after surgery to repair wounds she received when she was shot by the Taliban.

She repeated her messages in English, Urdu and Pashtu. In a later video, recorded Sunday, 24 hours after her cranial reconstruction surgery, she is seen talking to an intensive-care doctor about the five-hour operation, in which a titanium plate was installed in her skull. She again spoke of her “mission to help people.” “God gave me a new life ... because of the prayers of people and because of the talent of doctors,” she said to Dr. Mav Manji, a critical care consultant. At a news conference Monday, Dr. David Rosser, the hospital's medical director, and Dr. Anwen White, Malala’s neurosurgeon, told reporters she needed no further operations. White said the teen would probably be released in a few days and should make a full recovery.

They doctors described the placement of the titanium plate and the insertion of a cochlear implant to restore hearing in her left ear. The cochlear implant will not be switched on for about a month, they said. “She was very keen to have the titanium plate put in. She is a very happy and very enthusiastic young woman,” White said. In response to a question about Malala's status as a woman in Pakistan, White said: “It does seem incredibly unjust as a woman in Britain I can be a consultant neurosurgeon, whereas a woman in Malala’s situation would struggle to achieve the same job.”

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Hospital: Pakistani teen activist Malala awake, talking after successful surgeries
Mon February 4, 2013 - Operations to repair Malala's skull and help her hearing "were a success," the hospital says; Queen Elizabeth Hospital: She is stable, "awake and talking to staff and members of her family"; Saturday's five-hour surgery is the latest step on a long road to recovery for the teen activist; In October Taliban gunmen shot her in the head and neck

Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousufzai was in stable condition at a British hospital on Sunday after undergoing surgeries to repair her skull and help her hearing, officials said. "Both operations were a success and Malala is now recovering in hospital. Her medical team are 'very pleased' with the progress she has made so far," the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham said in a statement. "She is awake and talking to staff and members of her family." Saturday's five-hour surgeries were the latest step on a long road to recovery for Malala, who was shot in the head and neck by Taliban gunmen in October for speaking out in favor of education for Pakistani girls.

Last week doctors said they would use a titanium plate to cover an opening in her skull, and give her a cochlear implant to partially restore hearing in her left ear. The plate was necessary to replace a section of her skull about the size of a hand, which doctors removed to relieve swelling after the shooting. And the inner ear implant will restore some function to her damaged ear, doctors said last week. The 15-year-old became an international symbol of courage after she was shot by Taliban gunmen last fall for her crusade about girls going to school. She had blogged fearlessly about girls' education and accused the Taliban of thriving on ignorance. The Taliban forbid girls in the classroom and have threatened to kill anyone who defies them.

Malala was in a school van on October 9 when the gunmen stopped the vehicle and shot her at point-blank range. She was flown to the British hospital six days later. Doctors there discharged her last month, and she has been recovering with her family at a temporary home nearby. Her father, who had been an educator in Pakistan, is now employed at the Pakistani Consulate in Birmingham. On Sunday, officials said Malala would remain hospitalized until she is well enough to be discharged.

Hospital: Pakistani teen activist Malala awake, talking after successful surgeries - CNN.com

 

[Peter Dow]

Malala's World

Support the Malala Fund | Vital Voices

 

[RoadVirus]

If anyone deserves the Nobel Peace Prize, it's this brave girl

 

[waltky]

Angelina Jolie launches charity to honor Malala Yousafzai...

Malala Yousafzai and Angelina Jolie launch school fund
4 April 2013 - Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has honoured Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai, who has launched a charity to fund girls' education.

In New York, Ms Jolie said Malala would be "in charge" of the Malala Fund. Malala, 15, said in a video the launch was "the happiest moment of my life". The charity's first grant will fund the education of 40 girls in Pakistan.

Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban in October in retribution for campaigning for girls' education. She now attends school in Birmingham, England following her recovery from the shooting and has signed a book deal worth about $3m (£2m) for her memoir.

The book, titled I am Malala, is scheduled for publication in the autumn. "Announcing the first grant of the Malala Fund is the happiest moment in my life," Malala said in a video message at the Women in the World conference in New York. "I invite all of you to support the Malala Fund and let us turn the education of 40 girls into 40 million girls."

The teenager started school again in mid-March following surgery to fit a titanium plate and cochlear implant into her skull.

BBC News - Malala Yousafzai and Angelina Jolie launch school fund

 

[waltky]

Malala's retort to the Taliban...

Malala’s defiant riposte to Pakistani Taliban militants
Sun, Jul 14, 2013 - When the Taliban sent a gunman to shoot Malala Yousufzai in October last year as she rode home on a bus after school, they made clear their intention: to silence the teenager and kill off her campaign for girls’ education.

Nine months and countless surgical interventions later, she stood up at the UN on her 16th birthday on Friday to deliver a defiant riposte. “They thought that the bullet would silence us, but they failed,” she said. As 16th birthdays go, it was among the more unusual. Instead of blowing out candles on a cake, Malala sat in one of the UN’s main council chambers in the central seat usually reserved for world leaders. She listened quietly as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described her as “our hero, our champion”; and as the former British prime minister and now UN education envoy Gordon Brown uttered what he called “the words the Taliban never wanted her to hear: Happy 16th birthday, Malala.” The event, dubbed Malala Day, was the culmination of an extraordinary four years for the girl from Mingora, in the troubled Swat valley of Pakistan.

She was thrust into the public glare after she wrote a pseudonymous, but later celebrated blog for the BBC Urdu service describing her experiences struggling to get an education under the rising power of Taliban militants. By 11, she was showing exceptional determination, calling personally on then-US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke to use his influence to combat the Taliban’s drive against education for girls. By 14, she was on the radar of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who put her forward for the international children’s peace prize, and by 15 she became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize nominee in history. However, such dizzying global attention came at a price. Death threats followed her growing recognition, and on Oct. 9 last year, following a meeting of Pakistani Taliban leaders, the gunman was dispatched to remove what they called the “symbol of infidels and obscenity.”

Malala Yousufzai speaks at the UN headquarters in New York, New York, on Friday.

Multiple operations in Pakistan and the UK followed the attack on the bus, including the fitting of a titanium plate on her left forehead, and a cochlear implant to restore her hearing. She now lives with her family in Birmingham and does what the Taliban tried to stop her doing: She goes to school every day. “I am not against anyone,” she said in the UN chamber, having taken this day out from the classroom. “Neither am I here to speak in terms of personal revenge against the Taliban or any other terrorist group.” Malala responded to the violence of the Taliban with her own countervailing force: words against bullets. “I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there is a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him,” she said.

She spoke confidently, with only an injured eye and a slightly drooping left side of her face to hint at such fresh traumas. There was one other unstated allusion to the horror of her past: She wore a white shawl belonging to a woman who was also targeted by extremists, but who, unlike Malala, did not survive to tell the tale: former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto. “The extremists are afraid of books and pens,” the teenager said. “The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women. The power of the voice of women frightens them.”

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[Vikrant]

Pakistan’s Malala Problem: Teen Activist’s Global Celebrity Not Matched at Home


Read more: Pakistan's Malala Celebrated Abroad, Inspires Mixed Feelings at Home | TIME.com

 

[freedombecki]

Malala's retort to the Taliban...

Malala’s defiant riposte to Pakistani Taliban militants
Sun, Jul 14, 2013 - When the Taliban sent a gunman to shoot Malala Yousufzai in October last year as she rode home on a bus after school, they made clear their intention: to silence the teenager and kill off her campaign for girls’ education.

Nine months and countless surgical interventions later, she stood up at the UN on her 16th birthday on Friday to deliver a defiant riposte. “They thought that the bullet would silence us, but they failed,” she said. As 16th birthdays go, it was among the more unusual. Instead of blowing out candles on a cake, Malala sat in one of the UN’s main council chambers in the central seat usually reserved for world leaders. She listened quietly as UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon described her as “our hero, our champion”; and as the former British prime minister and now UN education envoy Gordon Brown uttered what he called “the words the Taliban never wanted her to hear: Happy 16th birthday, Malala.” The event, dubbed Malala Day, was the culmination of an extraordinary four years for the girl from Mingora, in the troubled Swat valley of Pakistan.

She was thrust into the public glare after she wrote a pseudonymous, but later celebrated blog for the BBC Urdu service describing her experiences struggling to get an education under the rising power of Taliban militants. By 11, she was showing exceptional determination, calling personally on then-US envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan Richard Holbrooke to use his influence to combat the Taliban’s drive against education for girls. By 14, she was on the radar of Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who put her forward for the international children’s peace prize, and by 15 she became the youngest Nobel Peace Prize nominee in history. However, such dizzying global attention came at a price. Death threats followed her growing recognition, and on Oct. 9 last year, following a meeting of Pakistani Taliban leaders, the gunman was dispatched to remove what they called the “symbol of infidels and obscenity.”

Malala Yousufzai speaks at the UN headquarters in New York, New York, on Friday.

Multiple operations in Pakistan and the UK followed the attack on the bus, including the fitting of a titanium plate on her left forehead, and a cochlear implant to restore her hearing. She now lives with her family in Birmingham and does what the Taliban tried to stop her doing: She goes to school every day. “I am not against anyone,” she said in the UN chamber, having taken this day out from the classroom. “Neither am I here to speak in terms of personal revenge against the Taliban or any other terrorist group.” Malala responded to the violence of the Taliban with her own countervailing force: words against bullets. “I do not even hate the Talib who shot me. Even if there is a gun in my hand and he stands in front of me, I would not shoot him,” she said.

She spoke confidently, with only an injured eye and a slightly drooping left side of her face to hint at such fresh traumas. There was one other unstated allusion to the horror of her past: She wore a white shawl belonging to a woman who was also targeted by extremists, but who, unlike Malala, did not survive to tell the tale: former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto. “The extremists are afraid of books and pens,” the teenager said. “The power of education frightens them. They are afraid of women. The power of the voice of women frightens them.”

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This young woman's story reminds me why privacy is very, very important, especially in international matters. If her hiding place is known by the Talibanis, through someone who stupidly shares states secrets, they will pay for the information and go after her.

States secrets should be respected and never used by anyone. It just results in people who have so few civil rights being attacked to kill, maim, or mutilate in some way.

I'm glad to hear Angelina Jolie took care of her. Looks do matter when a criminal tries to take them away.

 

[Peter Dow]

I'm glad to hear Angelina Jolie took care of her. Looks do matter when a criminal tries to take them away.

We ought to train up a whole army of Pakistani & Afghan Lara Crofts to raid the Taliban and bury them in their tombs.