Why the world cares so much about Malala Yousufzai
Source: http://www.ndtv.com/article/people/why-the-world-cares-so-much-about-malala-yousufzai-277966?pfrom=home-topstories ------------------------------ I salute !! October10,2012 A nerve shaking and a nerve of steel instance !! Dera Islmail Khan, Pakistan: A 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner shot by the Taliban had defied threats for years, believing the good work she was doing for her community was her best protection, her father said on Wednesday. Malala Yousufzai was shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday as she was leaving her school in her hometown in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad. The Taliban claimed responsibility saying her promotion of education for girls was pro-Western and she had opposed them. "She is candle of peace that they have tried to blow out," said one Pakistani man, Abdul Majid Mehsud, 45, from the violence plagued South Waziristan region. In the Swat valley, a one-time tourist spot infiltrated by militants f