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| Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to her hometown in Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants, security officials say. | Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to her hometown in Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants, security officials say. |
| Ms Yousafzai, 20, was shot in the head by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012. | Ms Yousafzai, 20, was shot in the head by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012. |
| Her family's home region of Swat was once a militant stronghold. | Her family's home region of Swat was once a militant stronghold. |
| Roads leading to Ms Yousafzai's home in the town of Mingora have been blocked off, Reuters news agency reports. | Roads leading to Ms Yousafzai's home in the town of Mingora have been blocked off, Reuters news agency reports. |
| On Thursday, it was announced that she had returned from the UK to Pakistan for the first time since she was shot. | |
| Ms Yousafzai delivered an emotional speech at the prime minister's office in Islamabad: | |
| "Always it has been my dream that I should go to Pakistan and there, in peace and without any fear, I can move on streets, I can meet people, I can talk to people. | |
| "And I think that it's my old home again... so it is actually happening, and I am grateful to all of you." | |
| Her trip to Pakistan is expected to last four days. Officials from her Malala Fund group are travelling with her, local media report. |