‘Thanks for all your support’: Taliban shooting victim Malala, 15, pictured for first time in hospital bed clutching a teddy – as doctors say she can stand and write again

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2219509/Malala-Yousafzai-First-picture-Taliban-shooting-victim-hospital-bed-doctors-say-able-stand.html Pakistani girl able to stand, but still shows signs of infection Infection believed to be related to track of a bullet which grazed her head Malala keen to thank all well-wishers for their support and doctors and nurses treating her Doctors say reconstructive surgery is ‘weeks to months down the line’ Candlelight vigil for […]

‘An icon of courage’: Shooting of Pakistani girl, 14, who championed female education, prompts anti-Taliban protests across the country

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2215132/Taliban-attack-teenage-Pakistani-girl-Malala-Yousafzai-way-school.html Malala Yousafzai was a well known equality activist in Swat, Pakistan She was shot in the neck and head on a packed school bus in Mingora Pakistan’s top general declares her an ‘icon of courage’ Taliban’s intended display of power backfires and prompts furious backlash against them By Sara Malm PUBLISHED: 09:08 EST, 9 […]

Caught in the middle of a Taliban love triangle: The moment helpless Afghan woman, 22, is gunned down ‘because two fighters couldn’t decide who could have her’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2170503/Caught-middle-Taliban-love-triangle-The-moment-helpless-Afghan-woman-22-gunned-fighters-decide-her.html Burqa-clad woman is shot dead in front of baying villagers ‘after affair with Taliban commander’ Shocking footage shows her being gunned down at close range Two Taliban men ‘could not settle dispute over her’, so accused woman of adultery ‘to save face’ International outcry at shooting which is branded ‘cold-blooded murder’ By Sara Malm […]

15 Afghans arrested after Taliban ‘bribed students to sneak poison into girls’ school’s drinking water’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2155304/Arrests-Taliban-bribed-students-sneak-poison-girls-schools-drinking-water.html The Afghan government have made 15 arrests for six attacks on girls’ schools in three weeks Those being held include 12 Taliban insurgents, a teacher and a school treasurer The Taliban have denied involvement saying that hurting children is against Islamic law In two cases female students were paid almost $1,000 to contaminate water […]

160 schoolgirls taken to hospital after second ‘Taliban poisoning of Afghanistan school in a week’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2152113/Taliban-poison-attack-results-160-Afghan-schoolgirls-rushed-hospital.html Police say the school’s classrooms might have been sprayed with a toxic material before the girls entered Pupils complained of headaches, vomiting and dizziness before being admitted to hospital By Anthony Bond PUBLISHED: 07:28 EST, 30 May 2012 | UPDATED: 07:57 EST, 30 May 2012 Dozens of Afghan schoolgirls were rushed to hospital after […]

Poisoned in the classroom: 125 Afghan girls rushed to hospital after ‘Taliban attacked school with toxic powder’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2148819/Afghanistan-girls-poisoned-Taliban-classrooms.html By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 10:41 EST, 23 May 2012 | UPDATED: 19:15 EST, 23 May 2012 At least 125 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months blamed on conservative radicals in the country’s north, Afghan police and education officials said on Wednesday. The attack occurred […]

Revealed: U.S. secretly releasing top Taliban insurgents in exchange for ‘peace pledges’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2140671/Revealed-U-S-secretly-releasing-Taliban-insurgents-exchange-peace-pledges.html By Suzannah Hills PUBLISHED: 03:25 EST, 7 May 2012 | UPDATED: 03:25 EST, 7 May 2012 Senior detainees are being secretly released by the United States from a military prison in Afghanistan as part of negotiations with insurgents to curb ongoing violence in the country. American officials have been using prisoners as bargaining chips […]

Is this the start of an ‘insurgent spring’? British Embassy under attack as Taliban pound Kabul’s diplomatic enclaves

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2130017/Taliban-attacks-British-embassy-Kabul-Is-start-insurgent-spring.html NATO headquarters in Kabul, Afghan Parliament and private residences all reportedly being targeted Taliban claim responsibility and say it is start of a ‘spring offensive’ Palace compound of President Hamid Karzai comes ‘under attack’ Rocket-propelled grenade fired at house used by British diplomats Five dead after string of attacks in Iraq By Rob Cooper […]

Handcuffed, blindfolded and shot in the back of the head: Taliban releases horrific video of executions of 15 Pakistani soldiers

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2090165/Taliban-releases-horrific-video-executions-15-Pakistani-soldiers.html The paramilitary troops were abducted on December 23 ‘God is greatest’ the Taliban yelled as they fired AK-47 rifles Horrific video has been copied and distributed in street markets By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 2:13 AM on 23rd January 2012 Blindfolded and handcuffed to each other on a barren hilltop, Pakistani soldiers […]

‘Disgusting’ video is ‘recruitment tool for the Taliban’: Outrage across the world after footage emerges showing U.S. troops ‘urinating on dead Afghan bodies’

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2085378/US-troops-urinating-dead-Afghan-bodies-video-used-Taliban-recruitment-tool.html The anonymous person who put it online wrote, ‘Scout sniper team 4 with 3rd battalion 2nd marines out of camp lejeune peeing on dead talibans’ By Daniel Bates and Lee Moran Last updated at 10:36 AM on 12th January 2012 Footage showing American soldiers urinating on dead Afghan bodies has sparked outrage across the […]