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October 11, 2012

The Taliban's Inexcusable Assault on Education

The National, The National

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Behold the Pakistani Taliban's idea of political debate: a gunman stepped onto a school bus in the Swat Valley on Tuesday, asked the students to identify 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai, and shot her three times.

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