A 14-year-old rights activist who has campaigned for girls' education has been shot and injured in the Swat Valley in north-west Pakistan.
Malalai Yusufzai
was attacked on her way home from school in Mingora, the region's main town.
Nominated for an international peace award, she came to public attention in 2009 by writing a diary for BBC Urdu about life under the Taliban.
Taliban militants overran Swat before being ejected by the army that year.
It is unclear if Malalai was the target of the attack. She was travelling with at least one other girl when she was shot.
Initial reports say she and the other girl are out of danger.
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