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The Malala moment: 6 Pakistani views on the girl shot by the Taliban

The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai by a Taliban gunman has shocked Pakistan and led to some extraordinary writing in the press on how Islamic radicalism is enabled. On the back foot for years, liberals are getting a new hearing against extremist religious parties, the powerful military, and a populist anti-US politician.

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Pakistan: Come home Malala, says Taliban leader

In a letter to Malala Yousafzai, Pakistani Taliban leader Adnan Rasheed said he wished he could have prevented the October attack that landed her in a hospital in Britain last year. He urged her to return to Pakistan and to school there.
Global Viewpoint Gordon Brown: Girls' empowerment movement is a global game-changer

Girls, not adults, are forming a liberation movement – demanding their rights, especially to education. They've organized child-marriage-free zones, demonstrations to support Malala Yousafzai, petitions against child labor, and a growing movement exposing child trafficking.
From wooden skis to Olympic hopefuls: Why Pakistan's Air Force is training skiiers

In Pakistan's isolated Naltar Valley the Pakistani Air Force is training children who learned to ski on wooden planks tied to boots with wire for the 2014 Winter Olympics.
Malala Yousufzai issues first video statement since Taliban shooting (+video)

Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani girl shot by the Taliban in October, used the video time to promote the recently launched Malala Fund, which will support the right to education.
Pakistan Taliban chief says TTP will negotiate, but not disarm

'We believe in dialogue but it should not be frivolous,' Pakistan Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud said in a 40 minute video. 'Asking us to lay down arms is a joke.'
Five women shot dead in Pakistan for fighting polio

Five female health workers vaccinating children against polio have been shot dead in Pakistan as Islamic militants raise suspicions about immunization efforts.
Global water crisis: Seen from the first Himalayan glacial trickle

Global water crisis: Reporter William Wheeler talks about water stress from the effects of climate change high in the Himalayas where India and Pakistan's great rivers start to Haiti's fresh-water pollution.
Shirtless photo a joke says FBI agent in Petraeus scandal (+video)

Shirtless photo: 'A joke' says Frederick Humphries, the FBI agent contacted by Jill Kelley to stop harassing emails sent by the woman having an affair with Gen. David Petraeus. The shirtless photo shows Humpries posed between two shirtless target dummies.
Taliban suicide bomber kills 5 in Pakistan

A Taliban suicide bomber blew himself up near a gas station in northwest Pakistan. The blast killed five bystanders, including the head of the local anti-Taliban militia.
Shot Pakistani girl Malala recovering as father arrives in UK

Malala Yousufzai is recovering at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where she was flown for treatment and protection from Taliban threats after she was shot on Oct. 9 in northwestern Pakistan.
Shot Pakistani girl Malala Yousufzai 'doing well': On her feet and writing (+video)

Shot Pakistani girl: Malala Yousufzai, a 15-year old advocate of education for Pakistani girls, was shot by the Taliban. Yousufzai is recovering rapidly in a British hospital.
Pakistanis debate real enemy: girl-shooting Taliban or drone-firing US

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.
Opinion The men behind schoolgirl Malala

It’s important to remember Pakistani men who support their daughters as Malala’s father does. Zia Yousafzai is a champion of his daughter's education and activism. My father moved our family from Pakistan to England to help support my schooling. It's the Muslim thing to do.
Fake 'relatives' try to see Malala Yousufzai at UK hospital

Police questioned two people who turned up at a British hospital where the 14-year-old girl shot by the Taliban is receiving treatment. Taliban threats against her continue.
The Malala moment: 6 Pakistani views on the girl shot by the Taliban

The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai by a Taliban gunman has shocked Pakistan and led to some extraordinary writing in the press on how Islamic radicalism is enabled. On the back foot for years, liberals are getting a new hearing against extremist religious parties, the powerful military, and a populist anti-US politician.
Malala Yousafzai airlifted to Britain for treatment (+video)

Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old activist shot by the Taliban, has been flown from Pakistan to the United Kingdom for specialized medical care.
The Malala moment: Tens of thousands rally in Pakistan for girl shot by Taliban

Until today, protests against the Taliban shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai had not approached the scale of previous marches against blasphemy and US drones.
Aircraft readied for Malala Yousufzai if treatment abroad needed

The 14-year-old girl shot by the Taliban in Pakistan is making steady progress, according to the military, but the plane is part of a contingency plan.
Pakistani police arrest suspects in schoolgirl shooting (+video)

Pakistani police say they have arrested a number of suspects in the shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai, who promoted education for girls and criticized the Taliban.
What 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai is teaching the world

A Christian Science perspective: Does the tragic shooting of Malala Yousafzai send a message to the world that evil prevails?
Global News Blog A story to celebrate on the International Day of the Girl Child

Rekha Kalindi refused to enter a child marriage at age 12 and insisted on staying in school. Her stand is helping change attitudes in part of rural India.
Global News Blog My conversations with Malala Yousafzai, the girl who stood up to the Taliban (+video)

Pakistani journalist Owais Tohid recalls his conversations with Malala Yousafzai, the outspoken 14-year-old girl whose shooting by the Taliban has outraged the world.
Taliban shooting of 14-year old sparks outrage in Pakistan

Hundreds of people took to the streets to show their anti-Islamist sentiment after the Pakistani Taliban took responsibility for shooting a 14-year-old Pakistani girl in the head.
Malala Yousufzai: Pakistani schoolgirl had defied threats from Taliban for years (+video)

Malala Yousufzai, a 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner, was shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday as she was leaving her school in her hometown in the Swat valley. The Taliban claimed responsibility saying her promotion of education for girls was pro-Western and she had opposed them.
Girl who defied Pakistani Taliban shot for ‘promoting Western culture'

Malala Yousafzai told Pakistani media in 2009, 'I don’t mind if I have to sit on the floor at school. All I want is education.'