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Malala makes first trip home to Pakistan since Taliban attack

Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai returned to Pakistan on Thursday, officials said, in her first visit to her native country since she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman for advocating education for girls in 2012.

Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person and the first Pakistani to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Source: AAP


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