Malala Yousafzai (born July 12, 1997 in Mingora, Swat Valley, Pakistan)

is a Pakistani activist who, as a teenager, spoke out publicly against the

Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan's ban on girls' education (TTP; sometimes called
Pakistani Taliban). She received international prominence after surviving an
assassination attempt at the age of 15. Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace
Prize in 2014 for her efforts on behalf of children's rights.
 Taliban, also spelled Taleban, is an ultraconservative political and
religious group that first appeared in Afghanistan in the middle of the 1990s
as a result of the withdrawal of Soviet troops, the fall of the communist
government there, and the subsequent breakdown in law and order. Taliban is
Pashto for "Students," also spelled "Lebn." The Taliban (Pashto: lebn,
"Students") faction got its name from the first group of Afghan religious
students and academics who wanted to fight crime and corruption.