Photo gallery: Taleban gunmen shoot 14-year-old girl activist
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Pakistani civil society activists shout carry placards and shout anti-Taleban slogans during a protest rally held in Islamabad on Oct 10, 2012, against the assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai. The attack took place in Mingora, the main town of the Swat Valley in Pakistan's northwest, where Malala had campaigned for the right to an education during a two-year Taleban insurgency which the army said it had crushed in 2009. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Pakistani Islamist activists carry photographs of the gunshot victim Malala Yousafzai during a protest rally held in Lahore on Oct 10, 2012. Pakistani doctors removed a bullet from the 14-year-old child campaigner shot by the Taleban in a horrific attack condemned by national leaders and rights activists. -- PHOTO: AFP
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Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, is seen in Swat Valley, northwest Pakistan, in this undated file photo. On Oct 9, 2012, Taleban gunmen in Pakistan shot and seriously wounded Yousafzai, who rose to fame for speaking out against the militants, authorities said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
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In this photo released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations office on Oct 9, 2012, Pakistani army doctors give treatment to injured Malala Yousafzai, 14, at an army hospital following an attack by gunmen in Peshawar on Oct 9, 2012. The Pakistani children's rights activist was shot in the head in an assassination attempt as she boarded a school bus in the former Taleban stronghold of Swat, officials said. -- PHOTO: AFP
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In this photo released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations office, Pakistani soldiers carry wounded Pakistani girl, Malala Yousafzai, from a military helicopter to a military hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. -- PHOTO: AP
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A wounded Pakistani girl, Malala Yousafzai, being moved to a helicopter to be taken to Peshawar for treatment in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan, on Oct 9, 2012. A Taleban gunman walked up to a bus taking children home from school in Pakistan’s volatile Swat Valley and shot and wounded the14-year-old activist known for championing the education of girls and publicizing atrocities committed by the Taleban, officials said. -- PHOTO: AP
Pakistani civil society activists shout carry placards and shout anti-Taleban slogans during a protest rally held in Islamabad on Oct 10, 2012, against the assassination attempt on Malala Yousafzai. The attack took place in Mingora, the main town of the Swat Valley in Pakistan's northwest, where Malala had campaigned for the right to an education during a two-year Taleban insurgency which the army said it had crushed in 2009. -- PHOTO: AFP
Pakistani Islamist activists carry photographs of the gunshot victim Malala Yousafzai during a protest rally held in Lahore on Oct 10, 2012. Pakistani doctors removed a bullet from the 14-year-old child campaigner shot by the Taleban in a horrific attack condemned by national leaders and rights activists. -- PHOTO: AFP
Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old schoolgirl, is seen in Swat Valley, northwest Pakistan, in this undated file photo. On Oct 9, 2012, Taleban gunmen in Pakistan shot and seriously wounded Yousafzai, who rose to fame for speaking out against the militants, authorities said. -- PHOTO: REUTERS
In this photo released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations office on Oct 9, 2012, Pakistani army doctors give treatment to injured Malala Yousafzai, 14, at an army hospital following an attack by gunmen in Peshawar on Oct 9, 2012. The Pakistani children's rights activist was shot in the head in an assassination attempt as she boarded a school bus in the former Taleban stronghold of Swat, officials said. -- PHOTO: AFP
In this photo released by Pakistan's Inter Services Public Relations office, Pakistani soldiers carry wounded Pakistani girl, Malala Yousafzai, from a military helicopter to a military hospital in Peshawar, Pakistan. -- PHOTO: AP
A wounded Pakistani girl, Malala Yousafzai, being moved to a helicopter to be taken to Peshawar for treatment in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan, on Oct 9, 2012. A Taleban gunman walked up to a bus taking children home from school in Pakistan’s volatile Swat Valley and shot and wounded the14-year-old activist known for championing the education of girls and publicizing atrocities committed by the Taleban, officials said. -- PHOTO: AP
MINGORA, Pakistan (AP) - Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai was admired across a battle-scarred region of Pakistan for exposing the Taleban's atrocities and advocating for girls' education in the face of religious extremists. On Tuesday, the Taleban nearly killed her to quiet her message.
