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IF THE Pakistani Taliban thought they could silence their critics and stop girls going to school with the attempted murder of a 14-year-old, then they reckoned without the angry defiance of her teenage friends.
Malala Yousafzai still lies in a coma as military surgeons watch over her.
The school she attended in the former Taliban stronghold of the Swat Valley has remained shut since she was shot in the neck and head by assassins on Tuesday.
But that did not stop about 100 of her schoolmates assembling on Friday morning to pray for her safety. Some cried, while others described a role model, a girl who had blogged about Taliban brutality when even the government was prepared to turn a blind eye.
It is not safe to reveal their names. But one teenager, who is in the year above Malala at school, said the Pakistani Taliban which is engaged in a campaign to burn, bulldoze or bomb girls' schools - could not destroy their dreams of becoming doctors, lawyers and professors.
"We will never be subdued by the militants and their acts," she said, clutching her headscarf in the modern, airy classroom where they had gathered. "Islam gives us the right to education and we will fight for our rights. We will never ever give up our mission. "This land needs us and we can only help Pakistan if we can complete our education."
chanzo: Friends of Pakistani girl shot by Taliban vow 'never to be subdued by militants' - Telegraph
Malala Yousafzai still lies in a coma as military surgeons watch over her.
The school she attended in the former Taliban stronghold of the Swat Valley has remained shut since she was shot in the neck and head by assassins on Tuesday.
But that did not stop about 100 of her schoolmates assembling on Friday morning to pray for her safety. Some cried, while others described a role model, a girl who had blogged about Taliban brutality when even the government was prepared to turn a blind eye.
It is not safe to reveal their names. But one teenager, who is in the year above Malala at school, said the Pakistani Taliban which is engaged in a campaign to burn, bulldoze or bomb girls' schools - could not destroy their dreams of becoming doctors, lawyers and professors.
"We will never be subdued by the militants and their acts," she said, clutching her headscarf in the modern, airy classroom where they had gathered. "Islam gives us the right to education and we will fight for our rights. We will never ever give up our mission. "This land needs us and we can only help Pakistan if we can complete our education."
chanzo: Friends of Pakistani girl shot by Taliban vow 'never to be subdued by militants' - Telegraph
