Pakistan

Malala Yousufzai arrives in the UK 

The 14 year old girl, Malala Yousufzai who was targeted by the Taliban and shot in the head and neck while on the school bus with her friends because she supported education for girls. Public outrage for the cowardly attack as has fueled Pakistan's rage towards the extremists, and the girl who sustained near fatal injuries is in a hospital in Birmingham where she could receive medical treatment to save her life, she would need extensive surgery to reconstruct her skull.Malala had been outspoken about education for young girls early on since her father ran a school for years in Mingora, and had been facing threats from the Taliban himself. In 2009, when Taliban militants forced the school to close, she blogged about it under a pseudonym, exposing what it was like to live under Taliban rule. 

 When the school reopened, Malala continued to speak out, appearing on talk shows and making public appearances demanding that girls in Pakistan have the right to an education. This heinous attack has united the Pakistan people against the Taliban, and man prominent political leaders have spoken against the group, even those that have had previous connections to the Taliban. Even Afghan President Hamid Karzai has sent his condolences, writing a public letter to Pakistani political leaders, asking them to do more to arrest terrorists who operate along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and bring these criminals to justice.