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Brave Pakistan teen stands up for human rights, get shot by the Taliban

At only 14 years old, Malala Yousufzai is already an outspoken advocate for the rights of women in Pakistan and Afghanistan. For her troubles, the Taliban came after her with the intent of killing her. She took a bullet to the neck, but she’s expected to recover. Take that terrorists.

The operation to remove the bullet took hours because there were complications, said the information minister in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Mian Iftikhar Hussain.

“She is improving. But she is still unconscious,” he said. “I can’t say a final word about her condition. A board of doctors is constantly examining her condition.”

Hussain said there was no decision yet whether the girl needed to be taken abroad for further treatment.

Malala is admired across Pakistan for exposing the Taliban’s atrocities and advocating for girls’ education in the face of religious extremism. On Tuesday, a Taliban gunman walked up to a bus taking children home from school and shot her in the head and neck.

The country’s army chief, Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, visited the hospital to get a first-hand account of her condition, the military said in a statement.

“In attacking Malala, the terrorist have failed to grasp that she is not only an individual, but an icon of courage and hope who vindicates the great sacrifices that the people of Swat and the nation gave, for wresting the valley from the scourge of terrorism,” Kayani said in the statement.

He also vowed that the military would not bow to militants like those who shot the young activist.

“We will fight, regardless of the cost we will prevail,” he said.

The strongly worded statement was extremely rare for the reticent Kayani and a sign of how strongly Malala’s shooting has affected Pakistanis across the religious, political and ethnic spectrum.

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    What an amazing, inspiring hero.
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    She is my hero
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    Poor beautiful brave soul, I hope she will be alright. This injustice needs to stop!
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    Woah. I wish i could say i have...courage this girl does,
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