A Nepalese student holds a photo of Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, during a candlelight vigil to express support for her in Katmandu, Nepal, Monday, Oct.15, 2012. Yousufzai was shot along with two classmates by a Taliban gunman while they were on their way home from school on Oct. 9, 2012. Niranjan Shrestha/AP
A former Taliban militant holds his weapon prior to handing it over during a joining ceremony with the Afghan government in Herat, Afghanistan, Dec. 28, 2011. About 10 former Taliban militants from Herat province handed over their weapons as part of a peace-reconciliation program. Hoshang Hashimi/AP
Pakistani army soldiers gather at the site of suicide bombing at a paramilitary camp in Bannu, Pakistan, Dec. 24, 2011. A Pakistani Taliban suicide bomber rammed a car filled with explosives into a paramilitary camp in northwestern Pakistan, killing a number of soldiers in the second attack in as many days meant to avenge the killing of senior commander in a US drone strike. Ijaz Muhammad/AP
Masked Pakistani Taliban militants take part in a training session in an area of Pakistan's tribal South Waziristan region along the Afghan border, Dec. 11, 2011. Associated Press reporter, photographer and videographer Ishtiaq Mahsud spent six days with fighters from the Pakistani Taliban close to the Afghan border. His account of their travels through South Waziristan offers a glimpse into an area that the Pakistani military claimed had been brought under control following an army offensive two years ago. Ishtiaq Mahsud/AP
NATO and Afghan troops attend to casualties during a battle with Taliban insurgents who took over a building near the US embassy in Kabul September 14, 2011. An assault by Taliban insurgents on the heart of Kabul's diplomatic and military enclave ended after 20 hours, when security forces killed the last of six attackers, a spokesman for the Ministry of the Interior said. Ahmad Masood/Reuters
Three members of the Afghan police (top) take a break during a visit to the Daychopan district in the austere, mountainous southern part of
An Afghan policeman walks schoolgirls across a street in Herat, west of Kabul. Reza Shirmohammadi/AP
Afghan police from the Daychopan district, in southern Afghanistan, stand guard as local government officials meet with tribal elders to discuss security measures. Brian Ferguson/U.S. Air Force/AP
Afghan Taliban fighters at a surrendering ceremony in Helmand province. Abdul Malik/Reuters/File
An Afghan boy herds sheep through Tarok Kolache, a village in southern Afghanistan that US-backed forces obliterated in a bombing raid last fall to rout the Taliban. The military has since built a new mosque for the village. Haraz N. Ghanbari/U.S. Navy Ensign/AP
Alleged Pakistani militants belonging to the Taliban are confined in a lockup in Karachi. Fareed Khan/AP
An Afghan policemen takes a look at the opening of tunnel at the main prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan which prisoners escaped through on April 25. Taliban insurgents dug a more than 1,050-foot tunnel underground and into the main jail in Kandahar city and whisked out more than 450 prisoners, most of whom were Taliban fighters. Allauddin Khan/AP
It’s been 10 years since the Taliban destroyed two towering Buddha statues cut out of the sandstone at Bamiyan in central Afghanistan. One is shown here in 1997 (l.) and after the destruction in 2001 (r.). Muzammil Pasha/Sayed Salahuddin/Reuters/File
The news that the Taliban shot 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai for speaking out against them has sparked debate that highlights a major division in Pakistan.
The news that the Taliban shot a 14-year-old girl for speaking out against them has highlighted a major division in Pakistan over the question of which is worse: the United States or militants?
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