Taliban Will Keep Girls Out Of School, Fears Nobel Winner Malala Yousafzai : Rashtra News Malala Yousafzai was shot by Pakistani Taliban in 2012 for campaigning for girls' education (File)London: Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Sunday said she was concerned that the Taliban's block on girls' education in Afghanistan will not be temporary,
Malala Yousafzai, born in 1997, is a Pakistani activist known for fighting for education rights for girls under the Taliban regime. She was awarded Pakistan’s National Youth Peace Prize for her cause of education. On October 9, 2012, a Taliban gunman shot Malala in her head and neck in an assassination attempt. Pakistan authorities subsequently offered an US$100,000 bounty on capture of the attacker. She remains in critical condition.
Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai is a girls’ education activist who survived a near-fatal shooting at age 15. Read about her books, husband, and more.