‘Deeply worried’ for women, minorities as Taliban control Afghanistan, says Malala Yousafzai


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Malala was shot at by the local Taliban militants in December 2012 for her female education campaigning in the Swat Valley in northeastern Pakistan. Shocked at the takeover of Afghanistan by the Taliban, Pakistani activist and the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has said she is “deeply worried” for women, minorities and human rights advocates living in the strife-torn country. The 24-year-old rights activist, who was shot in the head by Taliban militants in 2012 in Pakistan’s Swat region for her campaign for the education of girls, urged global and regional powers to call for an immediate ceasefire...