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All photos by Nathalie Bardou / AP
Pakistani schoolgirl Nisha Nadeem, six, center, attends class in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 11, 2012.
Nathalie Bardou, AP — A teenage activist recently shot and critically wounded by the Taliban risked her life to attend school, but the threat from the militant group is just one of many obstacles Pakistani girls face in getting an education. Others include rampant poverty, harassment and the government's failure to prioritize education spending.
Afghan refugee and Pakistani children, who were displaced with their families from Pakistan's tribal areas due to fighting between militants and the army, are examined by their teacher during their daily class to learn how to recite verses of the holy Quran, in a mosque, on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 17.
A displaced Pakistani student, seen through the window of school's classroom, sits on a bed during a break in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 19.
Displaced Pakistani students chant a song with their teacher, not pictured, during school in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 19.
Displaced Pakistani schoolgirls play in their school yard in a poor neighborhood on the outskirts of Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 19.
A Pakistani protestor holds a candle and a poster that reads: "Are you with us or the Taliban? Long live Malala Yousufzai" and shows 15-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, during a candlelight vigil in Islamabad, Pakistan, Oct. 11, 2012. Yousufzai risked her life to attend school.
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Pakistani girls "Endeavor to Persevere".
Strong women are Greeeaaaattt!Let's please not import a bunch of people from over there.K?k
Already we have many Pakis, who want their Pakistan in the US. Kick them out at the earliest!
Religion is opium of the masses.
Saudi and Paki versions of Islam are the highest dosages of heroin.
Look at the photos including that of the teacher! Does not the teacher look like some animal?
Before Islamic cult set its foot in Afghan and Paki regions, those areas were quite prosperous and not violent as we notice now.
Islam treats girls and women as sex and children producing slaves.
Saudi Arabia and Pakistan are the dirtiest swamps on earth, where life is hell due to high dosage of Islam.
They are responsible for breeding and exporting Islamic radicals and terrorists all over the world. They are creating at least 80 percent of havoc all over.
Saudi Arabia through its puppet like oil companies and their lobbyists invented Iraqi wars; manipulated high oil prices; exported their Islamic extremist Salaffi and Wahhabi versions by funding their mosques all over the world.
Now along with Jewish Netanyahus, Sunni Saudis are inventing problems in Syria and again manipulating oil prices higher through sanctions on Iranian oil.
For world peace and economic stability, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have to be erased out of the map.
Even for some sections of Muslims, girls and women, it will be a liberation from the Islamic extremist barbarians and beasts.
Jonathan, David, mimi jaques, and whatever other characters you play here - why don't you put a sock in it. You're not in any army, never were, and don't speak for the average guy who does care.
cheetah: If you were in an army, many were forced to save Islamic barbarians and beasts, especially Sunnis, like Gen Mush, Bhuttos, Zardaris, and sexual maniacs like Sunni Saudi ruler with 5000 princes and princesses, Kuwaiti and other Sunni rulers!
We had enough of big dances and dramas like yours too supporting wrong people with big words like "who does care."
Were likes of you dead when genocides of minorities by Islamic beasts go on in different places all over the world? Why do you people "who care" support them?
The problem ; 6th century education in the 21st century.
Education my a$$. Read the Koran, learn you are property lower than a dog. Brainwashing at best. I have not been in the schools in the country, but I'll bet at least half of the education is "follow the rules". Or get shot.
In Afghanistan, Pakis have backstabbed the US and NATO forces big time. Half of NATO forces deaths are due to ungrateful and backstabbing Pakis.
When the NATO forces were entering Kandahar in 2001, Pakis airlifted key al-Qaida, Taliban, ISI and others militants by back door from Kandahar.
This includes Mullah Omar, Osama and many including Paki Haqqani militant network leaders.
Hope people remember about Pakis sheltering Osama.
These Paki Islamic religious Nazis don't bother about their people and they are into reckless killing games in the name of jihad.
Declare Pakistan a terrorist nation and keep away from Pakistan.
There are many Paki Trojan horses and liabilities to societies and nation in the US, Britain and Europe.
Gen Mush, the biggest ungrateful backstabber, is hiding in Britain and his son is in the US.
This is the case with most of the ungrateful and backstabbing Paki elites responsible for the mess in Pakistan.
Without US help, Pakistan will not be able to survive for long.
There will be bloody internal civil wars worse than Syria. There is a big danger of Paki nukes falling into Islamic militant hands.
Take help of India, Russia and China to eliminate Paki nukes and erase Islamic radical and terrorist areas.
Mind you: in foreign policies, there are no permanent friends and enemies.
Can sainthood be far?
Jonatan, they learned the technics from the jews in israel where killing palestininan children is a SPORT.
what can ordinary Americans do to encourage women's (human) rights around the world? all studies show that societies that educate it's women have better economic prospects for all, less desperation.
remember our horrible eurochristianity here hurts peoples feelings!
Ah jeeze guys.....Anyway, the kids sure are cute and look happy. hope things will get way better way fast for them. God bless the kids!
If they were educated er allowed to think, they would realize they live in a man cave and head for higher ground.
Women do not equal rights in Pakistan.The U.S. should not have given that country aid ever until women have equal treatment.
In the 80's, I was told that America was paying money to Pakistan people/government for them 'not to grow poppies' for opium...however, they were growing it anyway, and using and selling to the pharmacutical companies anyway. In 2008 the Paki radical Jihad slipped into India and massacred Indians and Jewish people, for what reason...on crack? Now, the taliban has evolved into murdering female children who want educations...and her dad is planning on taking her back to that area. I am beyond disgusted at the evolution/degeneration of the world.