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March 29, 2018

Malala Yousafzai Returns to Pakistan for First Time Since She Was Shot by Taliban
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And the world's youngest Nobel laureate, Pakistani education activist
Malala Yousafzai, has returned to Pakistan for the first time after she
was shot by the Taliban for demanding education for girls. In 2012,
Yousafzai was shot in the head by a group of Taliban gunmen who boarded
her school bus. She survived the serious wounds and now campaigns around
the world for girls' education. During her four-day trip back to
Pakistan, she is slated to meet with Pakistan's prime minister and to
inaugurate a new girls' school. This is Malala speaking in Islamabad,
Pakistan, today.

Malala Yousafzai: "I still can't believe that this is actually
happening. For last five years, I have dreamed that I can set foot in my
country. Whenever I travel, in plane, car, I see the cities of London,
New York, I was told, 'Just imagine you are in Pakistan, you are
traveling in Islamabad, that you are in Karachi.' It was never true. But
now, today, I see. I am very happy."



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