Malala vs. the Taliban

Malala being taken to a helicopter             AP photo

You may have heard that on Oct. 9, a brave 14-year-old Pakistani girl, Malala Yousufzai, was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban, who call her work on behalf of girls' right to an education "obscenity." Here is a report aired three years ago in which she and her family are featured (WARNING: Some of the images are very, very disturbing): http://www.nytimes.com/video/2009/02/22/world/asia/1194838044017/class-dismissed-in-swat-valley.html