Malala Yousufzai, the brave Pakistani girl who stood up against the wicked Taliban, whilst promoting education for girls had met with a huge obstacle at a very young age of 14. She was shot by the Taliban forces while she was boarding her school bus in Swat, Pakistan.

Pakistan's own Jhansi ki Rani, Malala was struck by the Taliban in the head and neck after they open fired on her. Two other kids and friends of Malala were also injured in the incident. Malala and another friend were said to be in critical condition currently while the other wounded was recovering and out of danger.

Doctors had begun operating at midnight after they observed that their “hero” had developed a swelling in the left half of the brain.

One bullet which was trapped near the spinal cord was removed at 5 am after 3 hours of intensive operation.

"She is still unconscious and kept in the intensive care unit," said Mumtaz Khan, head of a panel of doctors taking care of Yousufzai in a military hospital in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

Her rebellion against the Pakistani Militants began when she was 11 years old. The Swat Valley soon after had been brought under the control of the government.

Her courage made her a national hero and many Pakistanis were shocked by her shooting. The whole nation and the world had raised their voice against the shooting and denounced it,

Susan Rice, the US Ambassador to the United Nations said that the future of Pakistan belonged to girls like Malala. She added. “History won't remember the cowards who tried to kill her at school," on her Twitter.

(AW- Anil)