War isn’t kids’ play

The courage shown by Malala Yousafzai in speaking out against Taliban human rights abuses was remarkable and it’s good to see she was evacuated to a hospital in Birmingham after she was brutally shot by the Taliban (Riaz Khan, Irish Examiner Oct 16).

Another un-named girl, also critically injured in the same attack was not evacuated. We should also be wary of such children being used for propaganda.

Far too few injured children are evacuated from war zones, especially when these injuries have been partly caused by “collateral damage” in unjustified wars.