Malala attack planned near Pak-Afghan border: Malik

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Malala attack planned near Pak-Afghan border: Malik

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The interior minister said that Malalas attackers have been identified.

15 October,2012 03:19 pm

Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Monday said the plot to attack Malala Yousufzai was made in the Pak-Afghan border region.The 14-year-old child activist rights activist was flown to Britain for specialist long-term care after being shot in the head by the attackers.An air ambulance provided by the United Arab Emirates took off from Islamabad airport after daybreak.An intensive care specialist from Pakistan was accompanying her, Malik said.The interior minister said the impression that a military operation for North Waziristan was being planned in the wake of the attack on Malala was wrong.