--- description: The 17-year old was herself shot by the Taliban on a school bus title: Malala Condemns the Killing of School Children in Peshawar image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2381429a57b31391/69876f0a3c1639b916450aa1/malala-yousafzai-taliban-attack.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Pakistan](/tag/pakistan/) ## Pakistan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Malala Condemns the Killing of School Children in Peshawar by [Conal Urquhart](/author/conal-urquhart/) ## Conal Urquhart Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 16, 2014 12:54 PM CUT  Joint-Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan speaks on stage during the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, Dec. 11, 2014. Joint-Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai from Pakistan speaks on stage during the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo, Norway, Dec. 11, 2014.Matt Dunham—AP by [Conal Urquhart](/author/conal-urquhart/) ## Conal Urquhart Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 16, 2014 12:54 PM CUT Malala Yousafzai, the 17-year old schoolgirl who was shot by the Taliban in 2011 for advocating the right of girls to an education and awarded the Noble Peace Prize this year, has given her response to Tuesday’s attack on the school in Peshawar in which more than 100 schoolchildren have been killed by the Taliban. --- > “” --- Malala has left Pakistan and is now studying in Birmingham, England. ### See Malala's Life In Photos  Malala Yousafzai raises her hands with some of the escaped kidnapped school girls of government secondary school Chibok during a news conference in Abuja, Nigeria on July 14, 2014. Olamikan Gbemiga—AP  Malala Yousafzai walks alongside Syrian refugee Mazoon Rakan after attending a press conference at the Zaatari refugee camp near the Jordanian border with Syria on Feb. 18, 2014. AFP/Getty Images  Malala Yousafzai attends an award ceremony to receive her 2013 Sakharov Prize at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France on Nov. 20, 2013. Vincent Kessler—Reuters  Malala Yousafzai poses for pictures before an event launching her memoir "I Am Malala" at the Southbank Centre in London on Oct. 20, 2013. Olivia Harris—Reuters/Corbis  Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip meet Malala Yousafzai during a Reception for Youth, Education and the Commonwealth at Buckingham Palace in London on Oct. 18, 2013. Yui Mok—Getty Images  The Obama family meets with Malala Yousafzai in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Oct. 11, 2013. The White House/Getty Images  Malala Yousafzai raises a trophy after being honored with the International Children's Peace Prize in the Netherlands, on Sept. 6, 2013. AFP/Getty Images  Malala Yousafzai was on the cover of TIME Magazine's 100 Most Influential People list in 2013. TIME  Pakistani student Malala Yousafzai speaks before the United Nations Youth Assembly in New york on July 12, 2013. Stan Honda—AFP/Getty Images  Malala Yousafzai sits up in her hospital bed with her father and her two younger brothers, on Oct. 26, 2012, in Birmingham, United Kingdom. The 15 year-old Malala was being treated after she was shot by the Taliban in Pakistan two weeks earlier. Getty Images  Malala Yousafzai lives in the Swat Valley with her family seen here on March 26, 2009 in Peshawar, Pakistan. 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