Taliban shoots 14-year-old 'infidel' who spoke for girls - Washington Post

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Oct. 9, 2012
Wounded Pakistani 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai is moved to a helicopter to be taken from in Mingora, in Pakistan’s Swat Valley, to a military hospital in Peshawar for treatment. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on the ninth-grader, an activist who officials said was shot by at least one gunman who approached a school bus in Mingora.
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Oct. 9, 2012
Yousafzai won acclaim for speaking out for girls denied education under the Taliban and was shot in the head on her way home from school, authorities said.
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Oct. 9, 2012
Yousufzai is moved to a helicopter. The teen became known in early 2009, when she wrote a diary about Taliban atrocities under a pen name for the BBC’s Urdu service.
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Oct. 9, 2012
Hospital staff members assist Yousufzai, who was nominated for the International Children’s Peace Prize in 2011, outside the Saidu Sharif Teaching Hospital in Mingora, Pakistan.
/ Reuters

Oct. 9, 2012
Hospital staff members tend to Yousafzai in Mingora, Pakistan. Ihsanullah Ihsan, chief spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, said in calls to the media that the militant group targeted the girl because she generated “negative propaganda” about Muslims.
/ Reuters

Oct. 9, 2012
Pakistani army doctors treat Yousafza in Peshawar, Pakistan. Political leaders in the country condemned the attack.
/ Inter-Services Public Relations office via AFP/Getty Images

March 29, 2009
Yousafzai lives in Pakistan’s Swat Valley with her family. In her diary, she wrote about her fears and growing Taliban influence.
Veronique de Viguerie / Getty Images


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