Stronger US support is very important for Afghan girls’ education: Pakistani Activist Malala Yousafzai
New Delhi: A very strong activist from Pakistan and Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai once again comes forward to attract the world’s eyes to girls’ education. Malala who was shot by the Taliban terrorists for campaign girls’ education on Monday called for stronger US support to Afghan girls.
A-24-year-old Malala Yousafzai during her meeting with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that “Afghanistan right now is the only country where girls do not have access to secondary education. They are prohibited from learning,”
“This is the message of Afghan girls right now: we want to see a world where all girls can have access to safe and quality education,” Malala added.
According to a media report, Secondary schools in Afghanistan, where the Taliban came to power for the second time, have reopened for boys only, and only men are permitted to teach.
“We hope that the United States, together with the UN, will take immediate actions to ensure that girls are allowed to go back to their schools as soon as possible,” Malala Yousafzai said.
In October 2012, on way to home from school, a masked gunman boarded the school bus and asked, “Who is Malala?” Some terrorists shot her on the left side of her head.
“I woke up 10 days later in a hospital in Birmingham, England. The doctors and nurses told me about the attack — and that people around the world were praying for my recovery.” Malala said.
(_Vinayak)
