Malala visited her hometown in Pakistan

Nobel Peace Prize laureate and women's rights activist Malala Yousafzai visited her hometown of Mingora last night for the first time since she was badly wounded by the Taliban in 2012 for advocating for girls' education in Pakistan. Yousafzai (20) and her parents landed by military helicopter in Pakistan's Swat Valley, and high security measures were noticeable in that area due to her arrival.

According to her uncle Mahomudul Hasan, Yousafzai visited her house and planned to meet relatives and friends. He said that Malala and her parents were not afraid to visit Swat, the place where the Taliban seriously wounded her six years ago. "We are grateful to the government and the army for facilitating her visit," Hasan said. The activist asked for permission from the Pakistani authorities to visit the town of Mingora and the village of Shangla in the Swat Valley, where a school was built with the money from the Malala Fund. Malala was 2012 years old in 14, but already known for her activism, when the Taliban entered the school bus she was riding in, searched her and shot her in the head. On that occasion, two other students were injured, and she was transferred in critical condition to Rawalpindi and then to Birmingham in Great Britain. She received the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, together with the Indian activist for children's rights, Kailash Satyarthi, and at the time of the award, she said that "education is one of life's blessings, and one of life's necessities." She also spoke before the United Nations, and amazed the world with her eloquence and commitment to promoting girls' education through the Malala Foundation, books, meetings with refugees and other types of activism. In Pakistan, however, some condemn her as a spokeswoman for the West, while others claim that the attack on her was staged.