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| Malala returns to home town in Pakistan for first time since shooting | |
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| Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to her home town in Pakistan for the first time since she was shot there 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, and she was attacked on a school bus there at 15. | |
| It had been unclear if she would visit the area because of security concerns. | |
| On Thursday, it was announced that Ms Yousafzai had returned from the UK to Pakistan for the first time since she was attacked. | |
| Ms Yousafzai delivered an emotional speech at the prime minister's office in Islamabad: | 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. | "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." | "And I think that it's my old home again... so it is actually happening, and I am grateful to all of you." |
| A helicopter carrying Ms Yousafzai landed not far from her family home in Mingora on Saturday, amid a tight security operation. | |
| Her trip to Pakistan is expected to last four days. Officials from her Malala Fund group are travelling with her, local media report. | Her trip to Pakistan is expected to last four days. Officials from her Malala Fund group are travelling with her, local media report. |
| Why was she attacked? | |
| At the age of 11, Ms Yousafzai began writing an anonymous diary for BBC Urdu about her life under Taliban rule. A documentary film was made about her in 2009. | |
| She soon became a vocal advocate of female education amid militant suppression in Pakistan, and was deliberately attacked on a school bus in October 2012 by Islamist militants. Malala's story brought international attention. | |
| The Pakistani Taliban said at the time that they had shot her because she was "pro-West" and "promoting Western culture in Pashtun areas". | |
| The teenager sustained life-threatening injuries in the attack, and had to have part of her skull removed to relieve swelling on her brain. | |
| After receiving emergency treatment at a military hospital in Pakistan, she was transported to the UK for further treatment and to recover in Birmingham, where her family continue to live. | |
| What has she done since? | |
| Since her recovery, Ms Yousafzai has continued to speak up for children's education and rights around the world. | |
| She set up the Malala Fund with her father Ziauddin, with the goal of "working for a world where every girl can learn and lead without fear". | |
| In 2014 she became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi were jointly awarded it for their efforts for children's rights. | |
| She has continued campaigning while pursuing her studies, and is now reading Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University. |