In this photo released by the Press Information Department, Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, left, and her parents pose for a photograph with Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, second from left, Prime Minister of Pakistan in Islamabad. | AP

Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time since assassination attempt

Malala Yousafzai landed in the Swat valley for her first visit back to the once militant-infested Pakistani region where she was shot in the head by the Taliban more than five years ago.

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31 Mar 2018, 8:55 am

In this photo released by the Press Information Department, Pakistani Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, second from left, receives a souvenir from Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, center, Prime Minister of Pakistan with her family members in Islamabad. | AP

Pakistan's Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, second right, poses for photograph with her family members and Pakistan Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, left, at her native home during a visit to Mingora, the main town of Pakistan Swat Valley. | AP

Pakistan's Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, center, poses for a photograph with her family members at her native home during a visit to Mingora, the main town of Pakistan Swat Valley. | AP

Malala and her family poses outside their family home in Pakistan | Twitter/@Malala

Pakistan's Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, center in red shawl, sits with her family members and Pakistan Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, second right, during a visit to Swat Cadet College in Mingora, the main town of Pakistan Swat Valley. | AP

A view of Swat Valley, Pakistan, where Malala gew up. | Twitter/@Malala

Malala and her family click a picture on a trip around Swat Valley. | Twitter/@MalalaFund