Peshawar school attack: Taliban's 'revenge' for Malala Yousafzai's Nobel Peace Prize; Pakistan's 9/11

Will its leaders at last end their dalliance with terrorists?    ... " Pakistan has been toughening its stance against the TTP over the past year, but this attack is a symptom of Pakistan’s fatal hesitancy to directly confront TTP. Pakistan’s future now rests on the pivot between those who recognize that these terrorists cannot be leashed and those who see them as tools to use for their own ends." ...

International Business Times

Young Pakistani Supporters of Malala Yousafzai

 

"The Taliban has killed dozens of children at a Peshawar school in a revenge mission for Pakistani schoolgirl activist Malala Yousafzai being awarded the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize.

 "Ahmed Rashid, an expert on the Islamic militants, told the BBC the insurgents had various reasons to attack the school, one of which was to send a message to the supporters of Malala, who advocates education for women and children. 

 

"In response to the events at the school in Pakistan, education campaigner Malala has condemned the "atrocious and cowardly" attack." ...