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Pakistan airlifted a 14-year-old activist who was shot and seriously wounded by the Taliban to Britain for treatment, a move that will give her access to the specialised medical care she needs to recover and also protect her from follow-up attacks threatened by the militants.

Tens of thousands have rallied in Pakistan’s largest city in support of a 14-year-old girl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education and criticising the militant group.

Afghan president Hamid Karzai has written letters to top political and religious leaders in Pakistan, denouncing the Taliban attack on a Pakistani teenager who is promoting girls’ education and asking them to help battle extremism in both countries.

A car bomb tore through a crowded bazaar outside an office for anti-Taliban tribal elders Saturday in north-western Pakistan, killing at least 17 people, officials said.

A 14-year-old girl shot by a Taliban gunman is in a “satisfactory” condition but the next few days will be critical, a Pakistani military spokesman said.

The Taliban has vowed to hunt down and kill a Pakistani teenager they shot earlier this week.

Schools in Pakistan's Swat Valley have closed in protest as anger erupted across the country over the Taliban attack on a 14-year-old activist famed for promoting girls' education.

Doctors in Pakistan have successfully removed a bullet from a 14-year-old girl who was shot by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women, officials said today.

A 14-year-old who championed Pakistani girls’ rights to an education has been shot in a suspected Taliban attack.