Taliban tries to murder hero schoolgirl in Swat valley yesterday. Here is her story in a country where moral values and religious extremism remains in medieval times. US policy of the past 11 years hasn’t made much impact. India would have been a much better ally but previous administrations during the cold war found India on the side of the Soviet Union. The US chose to support the communist opposition groups and funded the Mujahideen with Saudi Arabian fundamentalists, permitting Khan building the Islam atomic bomb contrary to the NPT agreements.

Pakistan Swat Valley – A Schoolgirl’s Odyssey

A documentary made in Pakistan following the owner of a Girls’ School, and his 13-year old daughter Malala. During 2010 the Taliban ordered all Girls’ School to close under the threat of violence. Later the army moved in to the Swat Valley in order to combat the Taliban, and the family were forced into exile.

When they return, a few months later, although their home and school are still standing, they are in a mess and the city is virtually deserted.

The film features extended interviews with Malala, a young schoolgirl who had ambitions to become a doctor. During the film she changes her mind and wants to become a politician to help her country.

Taliban say they attacked Malala Yousufzai over ‘secular propaganda’

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Dawn.com) – Pakistani Taliban have taken responsibility for attacking National Peace Award winner and young Pakistani rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who with another girl was injured in the attack on their school van in Swat on Tuesday.

Speaking to Dawn.com’s correspondent Zahir Shah Sherazi from an undisclosed location, Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan said that the TTP accepts responsibility of the attack as Malala was propagating anti-Taliban and `secular’ thoughts among the youth of the area.

Malala, 14 years-old, was returning home from her school in Swat’s Mingora area when her van was attacked by the gunmen. Certain media outlets reported that the gunmen attacked the van on identifying the young children’s rights activist. Sources said Malala was hit by couple of bullets to her neck and head.

Both injured girls were taken to the Saidu Sharif Hospital. According to doctors, Malala was now out of danger. However, Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has ordered to shift her to a Peshawar hospital swiftly through a helicopter. The prime minister has strongly condemned the incident.

Taliban: If she survives we’ll attack her again

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