14 year old blogger Malala Yousufzai attacked by Taliban

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JUDY WOODRUFF: For more on all of this we turn to NewsHour special correspondent Saima Mohsin. I spoke to her a short while ago from Islamabad, Pakistan.

Saima Mohsin, welcome.

First of all, we know the Taliban are claiming responsibility. What more do we know about that?

SAIMA MOHSIN: Yes, the Taliban has released a statement accepting responsibility and saying that this is because they believe that Malala Yousufzai, this 14-year-old girl from the SwatValley, stands for a secular state. Because she stood up and spoke up against the Taliban and fought for young girls' rights, girls like herself to go to school.

But, interestingly, they're arguing that this isn't because she's fighting for the right to education. It's because she stands for a secular society and because she's bringing in Western ideals into Pakistan.

And, tonight, they have insisted that should she survive this attack, they will attack her again, and this time they say they will ensure they kill her.