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Malala Yousafzai (1997-Present) Female education activist & Awarded Noble Peace Prize in 2014

On July 12, 1997, Malala was born in Mingora, Pakistan to Ziauddin and Toor Perkai Yousafzai. Her father Ziauddin is an education activist and teacher, running a girls' school in their village located in Swat Valley until 2008 when the Taliban took over the town. The Taliban banned many things and even banned girls from attending school, Malala was just 11 years old. After this, she wrote a blog for the BBC Urdu detailing her experiences under Taliban occupation, which caught the attention of New York Times journalist Adam B. Ellick, who later made a documentary about her life and the state of Pakistan. This is only the beginning of Malala's activism, a few years later in 2012 a masked gunman attempted to assassinate her while she headed home on a bus after finishing an exam. He shot her in the left side of her head and was transported to Rawalpindi Institute of Cardiology and then the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, UK. While she recovered, Muslim clerics issued a fatwā against her, thankfully Malala and her family moved to the UK. The Taliban were internationally denounced by governments, feminist and human rights activist groups. Once she recovered, she founded the Malala Fund with her father. The Malala Fund is a non-profit organization that advocates for girls' education. She also received Pakistan's first National Youth Peace Prize. In 2013 she published her book I Am Malala, an international best seller, and won the Sakharov Prize.

In 2014, she was awarded the Noble Peace Prize at age 17, alongside Kailash Satyarthi from India (an activist against child labor) for her efforts with the Malala Fund and her general activism for girls' education. In 2015, she was in the Oscar-shortlisted documentary He Named Me Malala, and even was featured in the Time Magazine. She wrote a children's book in 2017 as well, on top of also becoming a UN Messenger of Peace the same year. In 2018 she studied Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at the University of Oxford, graduating in 2020. During her time in college, she traveled to multiple countries, including her hometown to share other girls' stories and cover issues outside of education such as period poverty, and even today more girls' experiences are being shared with the world. Malala's social media platforms are helping bring more awareness and action towards her cause. I would highly recommend checking out her Twitter, Instagram, and Tiktok, as these platforms are very active and provide a better insight into other girls' experiences, what she has achieved, and why it is worth fighting for the nearly 130 million girls who cannot have an education today.

Malala has achieved so many things in her life so far, it truly is incredible how the Malala Fund has come to having over $22 million dollars in donations and helping girls in 8 countries. She has done an incredible amount of work advocating for women and girls all across the world. There is still a lot of work to be done, but Malala and so many others will continue to advocate and fight for girls and women's rights. 

Malala's Social Media:

Twitter: @ Malala

Instagram: @ malala

TikTok: @ malalafund

The Malala Fund:

Interested in her book I Am Malala? Here's a link for it on amazon:

Malala's Magic Pencil : https://www.amazon.com/Malalas-Magic-Pencil-Malala-Yousafzai/dp/0316319570

➡ Here's a link to watch/listen to the book! Malala's Magic Pencil by Malala Yousafzai

Interested in watching He Named Me Malala? You can watch it on YouTube, Amazon Prime Video, or Vudu for $3.99.

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📰 World News Digest Press Review, July 1st 2023

#Belarus #WagnerFighters: Satellite photos and reports suggest Belarus is constructing an army camp for Wagner fighters, raising concerns about their activities.

#DutchKing #SlaveryApology: On the 150th anniversary of the abolition of slavery, the Dutch king offers an apology for his country's role in the slave trade, acknowledging historical wrongdoing.

#MeghanMarkle #Sexism: A UK press watchdog finds a tabloid column about hate for Prince Harry's wife, Meghan, to be sexist, sparking a conversation about media representation and bias.

#Inflation #SriLanka: Inflation eases significantly in bankrupt Sri Lanka, offering a glimmer of hope amidst the economic crisis faced by the country.

#AfghanTaliban #Biden: The Afghan Taliban claims that US President Biden has "acknowledged reality" about al-Qaida, hinting at potential implications for the ongoing situation in Afghanistan.

#France #Unrest: France sees more arrests in ongoing unrest, although the intensity of violence appears to have decreased.

#Egypt #NarendraModi: Egyptian honors Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi with the 'Order of the Nile' award, highlighting the strengthening ties between the two countries.

#US #Sweden #NATO #Ukraine: President Biden to host Swedish PM for talks on NATO and Ukraine, emphasizing the importance of international cooperation and security.

#Pakistan #IndianPrisoners: Pakistan reports 308 Indian prisoners in Pakistani jails, reflecting the complexities and challenges in bilateral relations.

#SouthAsia #Bankruptcy #EconomicCrisis: In Sri Lanka, inflation eases, and there are hopes of exiting bankruptcy by September as the country unveils debt restructuring measures.

#UK #PressWatchdog #Sexism: UK press watchdog finds a tabloid column about hate for Meghan, the wife of Prince Harry, to be sexist, raising questions about media accountability.

#Europe #Belarus #SlaveryApology: Satellite photos suggest Belarus building an army camp for Wagner fighters, while the Dutch king apologizes for his country's role in slavery.

#China #SCO #XiJinping: Chinese President Xi Jinping to participate in SCO's virtual summit hosted by India, highlighting China's engagement in regional cooperation.

#MiddleEast #Mossad #Pakistan: Mossad uncovers another plot involving Pakistani involvement in a scheme to harm Jewish business people, shedding light on regional security challenges.

#RestOfWorld #KenyaAccident: Tragic road accident claims the lives of at least 51 people in western Kenya, underscoring the importance of road safety measures.

#MadWorld #Japan #JobLeavingAgents: In Japan, 'job leaving agents' help people navigate the awkwardness of quitting their jobs, reflecting unique cultural dynamics.

Stay informed with the latest news at https://www.williamkergroach.fr/blog #WorldNews #PressReview

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After 101 worshippers, most of them policemen, were killed in a suicide bombing at a mosque in Peshawar, Pakistan, on Jan. 30, experts speculated that Pakistan’s leaders might be on high alert. But several weeks later, it is business as usual in Islamabad.

Instead of treating increasing terrorist attacks as a national emergency, politicians are posturing for the next election. The military leadership is busy dealing with the challenge of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, who has galvanized support while criticizing the generals. To make matters worse, Pakistan is mired in an economic crisis: Its foreign reserves are at a nine-year low, inflation is at a 48-year high, and the Pakistani rupee lost 22 percent of its value last year. To avoid a default, Islamabad hopes to unlock another $1.1 billion in loans from the International Monetary Fund.

Pakistan’s political and economic troubles are intertwined with its inconsistent treatment of terrorists. For decades, Pakistan has allowed some terrorist groups to operate freely while cracking down on others. Militancy, and foreign sanctions resulting from terrorist financing, have in turn made it difficult for Pakistan to attract investment. Sympathy for jihadis among the public and within law enforcement and intelligence, along with inaction by members of the political class, has allowed domestic militant groups to operate with some impunity. Islamabad must change its tack if it hopes to prevent a full-blown insurgency and recover its global standing.

Islamist and sectarian groups first launched attacks inside Pakistan in the early 1990s, following the end of the Soviet-Afghan War. After the success of the Afghan mujahideen in driving out the Soviets—with U.S. support—Pakistan’s security services mobilized similar ideologically motivated groups to try to force India out of long-disputed Kashmir. Pakistani jihadists fought in the civil war in Afghanistan that followed the collapse of the Soviet-backed regime from 1992 to 1996, and later alongside the Taliban beginning in 2001. (Pakistan supported the Afghan Taliban regime in the 1990s.)

Islamist groups recruiting in Pakistan cited hadith—traditions and sayings attributed to the prophet Mohammed—that prophesied a great battle in the Indian subcontinent. Pakistan’s security services expected that radicalization through religion could help break the deadlock over Kashmir and empower Pakistan’s allies in Afghanistan. The strategy instead made Pakistan a battleground of competing interpretations of radical Islamist ideas. In the last 30 years, Pakistan has supported some jihadi groups and tolerated others, while also participating in the United States-led war against terrorism.

This juggling act has eroded Pakistan’s international standing and led some jihadi factions to target Pakistan’s military and security forces, occasionally inviting retaliation. When the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021, Islamabad saw Kabul’s new regime as a potential close ally. After 2001, Pakistan continued to cultivate the Taliban as a counterweight to more liberal United States-backed factions; these were seen as too closely aligned with India. But during its second round in power the Afghan Taliban has proven to be less friendly than Islamabad expected, clashing with Pakistani border guards and publicly criticizing Pakistani policies toward Afghan refugees.

At the same time, Pakistan is facing violence from Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), an offshoot of the Afghan Taliban movement that is ideologically aligned with the Afghan branch but draws its leaders from within Pakistan. The TTP has claimed responsibility for many attacks in the latest spate of terrorism in Pakistan; a TTP splinter group said it had carried out the January mosque attack. The group seeks to overthrow Pakistan’s government and create an Islamic emirate. For years now it has waged war on the state, describing the conflict as the Ghazwa-e-Hind (Battle of India)—forecasted as a precursor to the end times by the Prophet Mohammed.

Pakistan’s security services and some politicians, including Khan, have advocated a nuanced approach to the TTP and other militant groups, suggesting the groups reflect Islamic aspirations that need not be seen as inimical to Pakistan. But events have repeatedly proven that compromise with armed and violent radical Islamist groups is impossible. Just as Afghanistan’s Taliban hard-liners explain their failure to moderate as a function of their faith, the TTP justifies its actions in the name of Islam and sharia. Factional competition over which group is more faithful to radical interpretations of Islam also plays a role in the militants’ intransigence.

Years of contradictory policies have undermined Pakistan’s ability to tackle the challenges posed by Islamist militancy. Former President Pervez Musharraf, who led Pakistan’s military government from 1999 to 2008, publicly admitted to cultivating and training Kashmiri militants and supporting armed proxies in Afghanistan. He also said terrorists such as Osama bin Laden were seen as heroes in Pakistan. Meanwhile, his government selectively cracked down on some militant groups, only to back off later.

Considering some militants as instruments of regional influence while fighting others has disastrous consequences: More than 8,000 members of Pakistan’s security forces have lost their lives in terrorist incidents since 2000. In 2014, the TTP attacked Peshawar’s Army Public School, killing 141 people, including 132 children of military officers and soldiers. The Jan. 30 attack targeted policemen. Both attacks appeared intended to demoralize the Pakistani military and law enforcement and to dissuade Pakistan’s leaders from going to battle with the TTP.

Meanwhile, domestic terrorism has adversely affected the country’s economy, which is now mired in crisis. Pakistan’s Ministry of Finance estimates the country has lost $123 billion in direct and indirect costs due to terrorism. Many foreigners no longer want to travel to Pakistan, which directly effects tourism and exports. Pakistan’s large troop presence along the Afghan border with Afghanistan, occasional military operations, and intelligence operations have all added to the defense budget. Falling foreign direct investment and foreign sanctions over terrorist financing and money laundering have also taken an economic toll.

Periodic negotiations between the Pakistani government and militant groups in recent years have only convinced the militants that the authorities lack the resolve for a sustained fight. Several peace deals and cease-fire agreements between Islamabad and the TTP have broken down. Last November, the TTP terminated the latest cease-fire, negotiated last June, and threatened new attacks across Pakistan in retaliation for the security service’s actions.

Pakistan would do better to abandon its “two steps forward, one step back” approach to domestic terrorism. Defining some jihadi groups as Pakistan’s allies in regional conflicts—against India’s control of Jammu and Kashmir, for example—has generated sympathy for militants, which helps even more extreme groups evade scrutiny even as they launch attacks against Pakistani citizens. This sympathy also aids the militant groups in recruitment, interferes with intelligence gathering, and forces the government to make more concessions during peace talks with the groups.

It is time that Pakistan’s leaders recognize that violent, radical Islamists are not just disgruntled individuals who can be placated with a negotiated settlement. They hold strong beliefs and a sense of destiny, and believe in using violence to shape the world according to their outlook. Before Pakistan’s militants take advantage of ongoing political chaos and economic adversity to orchestrate a full-blown insurgency, leaders in Islamabad must end years of uncertainty about their policy on terrorism. And before they can do that, the country needs a national consensus with the full support of its generals. Unfortunately, there is currently no sign that the country is moving in that direction.

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Bharat Ki Padosi Pratham Neeti   by Girish Chandra Pande

About the Book

The book titled "Bharat ki Padosi Pratham Neeti" is unique in its sense that it thoroughly gives a glimpse of the relation with the neighbouring countries. Since Independence, India has always given the top priority to its neighbouring countries. This is reflected well in Gujral Doctrine, 1997 and India's new neighbouring policy, 2005. This commitment was further solidified by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his swearing ceremony on 26th May 2014. He invited the neighbouring countries and upgraded India's neighbour policy to the "Neighbourhood First Policy" Time and again India has helped the neighbouring countries without delay during their distress or calamities which has strengthened India's position as an emerging World Leader. The book gives a vivid description of all the foreign visits, summits and bilateral talks held since 2014 with analysis on how various neighbours have reciprocated to India's foreign policy. This book also gives an in-depth analysis of the challenges India is facing with Pakistan promoted terrorist activities, China's intrusion in Eastern Ladkah, and Taliban overtaking Afghanistan. I've put in immense effort to make this book easy for people with interest in India's foreign policy and students appearing in various competitive examinations. For getting latest updates on India's neighbouring policy, you can also sign up for my free newsletter on www.girishpande.com. 

About the Author 

Girish Chandra Pande is a retired Joint Director from Ministry of culture and a published author in leading Hindi magazines and newspapers. In his 38 years of State and Central Govt service, he has served various Government of India ministries. With a masters degree in Sociology and Hindi, he has also a deep interest in foreign relations. Over the past 30 years Girish has authored 150+ articles on socio political issue

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अफगानिस्तान के मौजूदा हालात को 'वेट एंड वॉच' करे भारत, जानें पूर्व राजनयिकों ने क्या-क्या दी नसीहत

अफगानिस्तान के मौजूदा हालात को ‘वेट एंड वॉच’ करे भारत, जानें पूर्व राजनयिकों ने क्या-क्या दी नसीहत

नई दिल्ली अफगानिस्तान में सरकार को अंतिम रूप देने के लिए तालिबान प्रयास करने में जुटा हुआ है। इस बीच पाकिस्तान के खुफिया प्रमुख अफगानिस्तान की यात्रा पर पहुंचे हैं। उधर पूर्व भारतीय राजनयिकों का कहना है कि युद्ध प्रभावित देश में स्थिति अभी भी लगातार परिवर्तनशील है। ऐसे में भारत के पास बिना सोचे-समझे प्रतिक्रिया से बचते हुए इंतजार करने एवं देखने के अलावा कोई अन्य विकल्प नहीं है। पाकिस्तान के…

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Never in history has withdrawal from war been handled so badly: Donald Trump

Never in history has withdrawal from war been handled so badly: Donald Trump

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Sanjay Raut on Taliban: संजय राउत ने देश को तालिबान से बताया खतरा, बोले- समर्थन में उठने वाली आवाजों को कुचल देना चाहिए

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Inside Story Of How Indian Embassy Staff Made It To Kabul Airport

Inside Story Of How Indian Embassy Staff Made It To Kabul Airport

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Taliban cease issuing driving licences for women, in latest blow to women's rights in Afghanistan

Taliban cease issuing driving licences for women, in latest blow to women’s rights in Afghanistan

Taliban cease issuing driving licences for women, in latest blow to women’s rights in Afghanistan The Taliban regime in Afghanistan has stopped issuing driving licenses to women in Kabul and other provinces, media reports said. The ban comes at a time when the country suffers from a devastating humanitarian crisis, with an acute shortage of food and other essential supplies.Before the Taliban…

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तालिबानी मंत्रियों के साथ बैठक के बाद बदले इमरान के सुर, अफगानिस्तान को मिलने वाले भारतीय गेहूं को देंगे 'रास्ता'

तालिबानी मंत्रियों के साथ बैठक के बाद बदले इमरान के सुर, अफगानिस्तान को मिलने वाले भारतीय गेहूं को देंगे ‘रास्ता’

काबुलतालिबान सरकार में विदेश मंत्री आमिर खान मुत्तकी इस वक्त पाकिस्तान में हैं। शुक्रवार को उन्होंने पाकिस्तान के प्रधानमंत्री इमरान खान से मुलाकात की। मुत्तकी के साथ तालिबान के वित्त मंत्री और प्रतिनिधिमंडल के अन्य सदस्य शामिल रहे। सबसे अहम बात यह कि इस बैठक के बाद इमरान खान ने अफगानिस्तान को मिलने वाले भारतीय गेहूं के लिए पाकिस्तान का रास्ता खोल दिया है, जिसके लिए पहले वह इनकार कर रहे…

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Taliban celebrate victory as U.S. troops leave Afghanistan

Taliban celebrate victory as U.S. troops leave Afghanistan

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