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.

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

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01 Apr 2018, 9:08 am

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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