Pakistani Taliban vow to attack Malala Yousafzai again
[Editor: It seems that some news portals like the Times of India and Aaj Tak are very fond of writing, whatever they like when it comes to Taliban and Rape (of women). Now tell me
what is "Pakistani Taliban"? It literally means "Pakistani Student/s" of
an Islamic School anywhere in the world.....isn't it? So, what has "Pakistani Taliban" to do
with attacking Malala Yousafzai....? On the contrary it is actually
Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) an umbrella group who is rumored to be
making preparations to kill her. But Alas our (Indian) journalists friends has a tendency to make a mess when they write something, which involves these topics.....!! Kindly
stop this kind of misinterpretations of Arabic words. These kinds of
things are actually sending wrong information to the world community]
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| Photo: National Counterterrorism Centre |
Oct 7, 2013; SWAT: The Pakistani Taliban on Monday said schoolgirl campaigner Malala Yousafzai had "no courage" and vowed to attack her again if they got the chance.
Gunmen sent by the Taliban tried to kill Malala on her school bus on October 9 last year.
She amazingly survived being shot in the head and has become a global ambassador for the right of all children — girls as well as boys — to go to school.
Having spread a message of "education for all" across the globe, the 16-year-old is now among the favourites for the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be awarded on Friday.
But Shahidullah Shahid, spokesman for the main Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) umbrella group, slammed Malala and said they would try again to kill her.
"She is not a brave girl and has no courage. We will target her again and attack whenever we have a chance," Shahid told AFP.
In an interview with the BBC, Malala dismissed the threats against her life and repeated her desire to return to Pakistan from Britain, where she was flown for treatment after the attack and where she now goes to school.
She first rose to prominence during the Taliban's 2007-09 rule in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley with a blog post for the BBC Urdu service chronicling the rigours of daily life under the Islamists.
"She even used a fake name of Gul Makai to write a diary. We attacked Malala because she was used to speak against Taliban and Islam and not because she was going to school," Shahid said.
While she has been feted by celebrities and world leaders across the West, in deeply conservative Swat, Malala's achievements are eyed with suspicion by some.
Gunmen sent by the Taliban tried to kill Malala on her school bus on October 9 last year.
She amazingly survived being shot in the head and has become a global ambassador for the right of all children — girls as well as boys — to go to school.
Having spread a message of "education for all" across the globe, the 16-year-old is now among the favourites for the Nobel Peace Prize, which will be awarded on Friday.
But Shahidullah Shahid, spokesman for the main Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) umbrella group, slammed Malala and said they would try again to kill her.
"She is not a brave girl and has no courage. We will target her again and attack whenever we have a chance," Shahid told AFP.
In an interview with the BBC, Malala dismissed the threats against her life and repeated her desire to return to Pakistan from Britain, where she was flown for treatment after the attack and where she now goes to school.
She first rose to prominence during the Taliban's 2007-09 rule in Pakistan's northwestern Swat valley with a blog post for the BBC Urdu service chronicling the rigours of daily life under the Islamists.
"She even used a fake name of Gul Makai to write a diary. We attacked Malala because she was used to speak against Taliban and Islam and not because she was going to school," Shahid said.
While she has been feted by celebrities and world leaders across the West, in deeply conservative Swat, Malala's achievements are eyed with suspicion by some.
Courtesy: The Times of India
