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MUMBAI: Afghan President Hamid Karzai on Saturday promised to hunt for the Taliban attackers who shot Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai for speaking up for girls rights to education.
The Pakistani Taliban has admitted shooting Malala in the head on a school bus a month ago to punish her for the crime of campaigning for girls rights to go to school in the militants former Pakistani stronghold of Swat.
Afghanistan will hunt for Malalas attackers, Karzai said in an interview with Indias CNN-IBN television network, aired as he began a four-day visit to the South Asian nation and as the world marked Malala Day.
Miraculously the 15-year-old survived the shooting and her courage, which won the hearts of millions around the world, prompted the United Nations to declare Saturday a global day of action for her.
President Asif Ali Zardari also issued a message on Malala Day in which he said that her attackers were not just trying to kill the Daughter of Pakistan, but were trying to kill Pakistan.
Malala Yousafzai is fifteen years old. Since she was eleven, she has been an advocate of education for girls. Malala is a symbol of all that is good about us, he said in statement released on Friday.
We cannot sit idly by as our children are attacked. We must act. Urgently.
Malalas attackers are not US targets
Earlier this week, US military and intelligence officials told the Washington Post that Mullah Fazlullah, the mastermind behind the attack on child activist Malala Yousafzai, was operating out of a region adjoining Pakistan, where several hundred US troops are stationed. Fazlullahs presence in Kunar was previously denied by the Afghan governor for the province.
But, the US officials said finding Fazlullah was not a priority, because he is not affiliated with al Qaeda or with insurgents targeting US and Afghan interests. Our guys just arent tracking him, a senior Special Operations official said, requesting anonymity.
He is viewed as an other-side-of-the-border problem.
Pakistan has handed US and Afghan authorities dossiers on Fazlullah, a militant who rose to prominence in the Swat valley. He was forced to flee the scenic valley after Pakistani troops conducted an operation. He subsequently found refuge in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Malala shot for incessant criticism of Taliban
The Taliban, particularly Fazlullahs factions had little intentions to kill the teenager, but her writings eventually forced their hand.
We had no intentions to kill her but were forced when she would not stop (speaking against us), said Sirajuddin Ahmad, a spokesperson of Swat Taliban now based in Afghanistans Kunar province.
He said the Taliban held a meeting a few months ago at which they unanimously agreed to kill her. The task was then given to military commanders to carry out.
The militia has a force of around 100 men specialised in targeted killing, fighters said. They chose two men, aged between 20-30, who were locals from Swat Valley.
Karzai pledges to
The Pakistani Taliban has admitted shooting Malala in the head on a school bus a month ago to punish her for the crime of campaigning for girls rights to go to school in the militants former Pakistani stronghold of Swat.
Afghanistan will hunt for Malalas attackers, Karzai said in an interview with Indias CNN-IBN television network, aired as he began a four-day visit to the South Asian nation and as the world marked Malala Day.
Miraculously the 15-year-old survived the shooting and her courage, which won the hearts of millions around the world, prompted the United Nations to declare Saturday a global day of action for her.
President Asif Ali Zardari also issued a message on Malala Day in which he said that her attackers were not just trying to kill the Daughter of Pakistan, but were trying to kill Pakistan.
Malala Yousafzai is fifteen years old. Since she was eleven, she has been an advocate of education for girls. Malala is a symbol of all that is good about us, he said in statement released on Friday.
We cannot sit idly by as our children are attacked. We must act. Urgently.
Malalas attackers are not US targets
Earlier this week, US military and intelligence officials told the Washington Post that Mullah Fazlullah, the mastermind behind the attack on child activist Malala Yousafzai, was operating out of a region adjoining Pakistan, where several hundred US troops are stationed. Fazlullahs presence in Kunar was previously denied by the Afghan governor for the province.
But, the US officials said finding Fazlullah was not a priority, because he is not affiliated with al Qaeda or with insurgents targeting US and Afghan interests. Our guys just arent tracking him, a senior Special Operations official said, requesting anonymity.
He is viewed as an other-side-of-the-border problem.
Pakistan has handed US and Afghan authorities dossiers on Fazlullah, a militant who rose to prominence in the Swat valley. He was forced to flee the scenic valley after Pakistani troops conducted an operation. He subsequently found refuge in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Malala shot for incessant criticism of Taliban
The Taliban, particularly Fazlullahs factions had little intentions to kill the teenager, but her writings eventually forced their hand.
We had no intentions to kill her but were forced when she would not stop (speaking against us), said Sirajuddin Ahmad, a spokesperson of Swat Taliban now based in Afghanistans Kunar province.
He said the Taliban held a meeting a few months ago at which they unanimously agreed to kill her. The task was then given to military commanders to carry out.
The militia has a force of around 100 men specialised in targeted killing, fighters said. They chose two men, aged between 20-30, who were locals from Swat Valley.
Karzai pledges to
