Comments: Taliban sent hit squad after teenage activist

The Jakarta Post | Readers Forum | Thu, October 18 2012, 11:11 AM

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Oct. 12, Online/AP

A spokesman for the Taliban’s Swat Valley chapter says its leadership decided two months ago to kill a 14-year-old activist, who was shot and seriously wounded this week — and then sent out a hit squad to carry out the job.

A spokesman, Sirajuddin Ahmad, says Malala Yousufzai was warned three times to stop her activities promoting “western thinking,” but she did not.

Your comments:

How can an adult shoot a 14-year-old girl because she holds a different opinion and speaks out? Shame on the cruel Taliban!

Hero

I can see this stupidity happening in Afghanistan, but people in Indonesia have had the benefits of a good education and international influence to guide them towards positive growth as a developing nation.

Brien