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Pakistan activist: Celebrated for female education cause as she arrives for treatment in the UK

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LONDON — The young Pakistani teen who was shot by the Taliban for standing up for girls' rights to schooling has been embraced by the Pakistani community in England as she undergoes treatment here.

"The whole of the Pakistani community in Birmingham is with her," said Shakil Ahmed, 52, of Malala Yousufzai, 14, who is being treated for a bullet wound to the head at a Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.

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