A senior figure in the Pakistan Taliban
has written an extraordinary letter to
Malala Yousafzai setting out the reasons
why she was shot, coming close to
expressing regret.
In the four-page document, written in
shaky English and seen by The Daily
Telegraph, Adnan Rasheed described
his shock at hearing the 15-year old had
been shot last year.
He claimed he had wanted to warn her
against criticising the Taliban because
of his “brotherly” feelings towards
someone from his own Yousafzai tribe.
“When you were attacked it was
shocking for me. I wished it would never
happened and I had advised you
before,” he wrote.
Malala has spent the past nine months
in Britain recovering from her injuries.
She was shot twice by masked gunmen
who singled her out among her friends
on a school bus in the town of Mingora,
Swat.
Since then she has become a symbol of
the campaign to help more girls into
school.
Last week, she addressed the
United Nations in a speech that
received global attention , where she
declared: “One child, one teacher, one
pen and one book can change the
world. Education is the only solution.”
Her story has provoked soul searching
within the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan
(TTP). Commanders sent out a slew of
press releases in the aftermath of the
shooting to justify why they had
attacked a young girl as public opinion
hardened against them.
In the latest letter, first passed to a
local journalist, Rasheed insisted Malala
was not shot because of her campaign
for education.
“Taliban believe that you were
intentionally writing against them and
running a smearing campaign to malign
their efforts to establish Islamic system
in Swat and your writings were
provocative,” he wrote.
“You have said in your speech
yesterday that pen is mightier than
sword, so they attacked you for your
sword not for your books or school.”
The letter writer is one of Pakistan’s
most notorious terrorists. He was in the
Pakistan Air Force before being
imprisoned for a plot to kill Pervez
Musharraf but escaped in a mass jail
break last year.
Now he has a taste for flowery prose,
quoting Bertrand Russell on science
and referencing Sir TB Macaulay, who
played a major role in introducing the
English language to Indian schools in
the 19th century.
“Why they want to make all human
beings English? Because Englishmen
are the staunch supporters and slaves
of Jews,” he wrote.
Rasheed insisted the Taliban were not
opposed to education, just an education
system that would turn Pakistanis into
slaves and had no room for Islam.
He also asked whether Malala would
have received as much attention if she
had been hurt in a CIA drone strike.
“I ask you and be honest in reply, if you
were shot but Americans in a drone
attack, would world have ever heard
updates on your medical status? Would
you be called ‘daughter of the nation?
Would the media make a fuss about
you?”
The letter ends with an invitation to
return and embrace the culture of her
Pashtun population, which lives along
the border with Afghanistan.
“At the end I advise you to come back
home, adopt the Islamic and Pashtun
culture, join any female Islamic
madrassa near your home town, study
and learn the book of Allah, use your
pen for Islam and plight of Muslim
ummah and reveal the conspiracy of
tiny elite who want to enslave the whole
humanity for their evil agendas in the
name of new world order.”
Saleem Mehsud, the journalist who
obtained the letter, said the TTP wanted
to set the record straight on their
reasons for shooting her.
“They watched her speak at the UN and
this is their reaction,” he said. “They
wanted to get it out to as many people
as possible.”





www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/pakistan/10185660/Senior-Pakistan-Taliban-figure-explains-why-they-shot-Malala-Yousafzai.html

wow! A top Taliban official writing to a 16 year old girl !!! When you are smart, you stand above your peers

Bottom line : why are western media ( CNN, ABC news, NBC news, The telegraph etc ) publishing the radical view of those backward folks called Taliban?

If Mercy Johnson had warned Tonto 4 referring to her in her abusive tweet, it would have made front page. But issues like this won't make headline in Nairaland, wetin dey sup 4 dis Nairaland sef

^^^^
My guy the matter tire me o. How we wan take do am na?

Meanwhile, as Malala continues with her campaign to put school-age children in school around the world, let's not forget that our very own Senator Yerima and his ilk would rather prefer that such kids remain their sex slaves, in the name of marriage.

HNosegbe: ^^^^
My guy the matter tire me o. How we wan take do am na?

Meanwhile, as Malala continues with her campaign to put school-age children in school around the world, let's not forget that our very own Senator Yerima and his ilk would rather prefer that such kids remain their sex slaves, in the name of marriage.

Just today I heard Ghana is considering increasing marriage age for girls from 18 to 24,but in Nigeria the reverse is the case,people like Senator Yerima are making plans to get married to their great grand daughters,its a pity

His letter astounds me into a mind-phucking stupor. When slaves accuse others of being victim to slavery, the universe implodes a little.

...and then he invites her back home aaahahaha .

Flytefalls: His letter astounds me into a mind-phucking stupor. When slaves accuse others of being victim to slavery, the universe implodes a little.

...and then he invites her back home aaahahaha .

LOL,he wants his people to complete what they started,please extra security should be given to the girl,Aboki's can not be trusted

what is a malala?

swtchicgurl: what is a malala?

Worthy of her own news tab on the Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/malala-yousafzai

Flytefalls:
Worthy of her own news tab on the Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/malala-yousafzai

tnx ma'am!