Teenage Pakistan Activist Flown to U.K. After Taliban Attack
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A 14-year-old activist who was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen was flown to the U.K. for more medical treatment today after doctors in Pakistan concluded she was stable enough to travel.
Information about Malala Yousufzai’s journey was kept secret until the last minute over fears that she’d be attacked again, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said in Islamabad. Late yesterday, several dozen militants attacked a police checkpoint in northwest Pakistan, killing at least six security officials.