Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl targeted by the Taliban, has jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize, alongside Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi. The decision to give the joint prize was symbolic, the Nobel committee said, because it was important for "a Hindu and a Muslim, an Indian and a Pakistani, to join in a common struggle for education and against extremism".
Huffington Post: Nobel Peace Prize winners are Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi
Pakistani female supporter of Muttahida Quami Movement (MQM) carries a photograph of gunshot victim, Malala Yousafzai as she prays for the recovery of Malala Yousafzai, in Karachi on Oct. 10, 2012.
