Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Wednesday met with victims of Pakistan’s devastating monsoon floods, in only the second visit to her home country since being shot by the Taliban a decade ago.
Catastrophic flooding this summer put one-third of Pakistan under water, displaced eight million people, and caused an estimated $28 billion in damage.
Yousafzai visited camps in rural Sindh province where she met with women who have fled their submerged villages, describing them as “very brave”, according to a statement released by the provincial chief minister’s office.for breaking news, videos, and the latest top stories in Nigeria & world news, business, politics, sports and pop culture.
Yousafzai was just 15 years old when the Pakistani Taliban –- an independent group that shares a common ideology with the Afghan Taliban –- shot her in the head over her campaign for girls education in the Swat Valley.
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