Malala Yousafzai was just 15 years old when militants from the Pakistani Taliban, an independent group but with the same ideology as the movement in Afghanistan, shot her in the head for her campaign in favor of female education.
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The then teenager was taken to the UK to receive life-saving treatment. She became a world leader in the fight for education and the youngest person to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.
Two days before the 10th anniversary of that attack, Malala landed in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi, on her second visit since leaving the country.
From Karachi, she will travel to areas devastated by the unprecedented flooding of the last monsoon season.
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His visit seeks to “help keep international attention focused on the impact of the floods in Pakistan and reinforce the need for critical humanitarian assistance”, according to a statement from his foundation, Malala Fund.
These floods submerged a third of Pakistan's territory, displaced eight million people and caused an estimated US$28 billion in damage.
The visit coincides with a strike by students at their former school against rising violence in their hometown of Mingora, in the Swat Valley.
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The Pakistani Taliban sustained a long-running insurgency in the area until a major military campaign in 2014 that restored security in the northwest of the country.
But the problem reappeared with the return of the Afghan Taliban to power in the neighboring country, with an increase in attacks in recent weeks, especially against security forces.
On Monday, a school bus driver was shot dead and children were injured. Residents blamed the Taliban, although the group denies responsibility. Students and teachers launched a strike this Tuesday calling for peace in the region.
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(With AFP)
