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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Speare-Cole

‘Leaders have gone silent’: Malala calls for UK to help oppressed Afghan women

PA Wire

Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai has called on the UK Government to “step forward more boldly” in their support for Afghan women living under the Taliban.

The 25-year-old Pakistani activist, who was shot at by the Taliban for supporting girls’ education, accused world leaders of going “silent” as she addressed the Action for Afghanistan rally opposite Downing Street, central London, on Sunday afternoon.

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