The young Pakistani winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014, Malala Yousafzai, spoke Monday August 16 on the situation in Afghanistan, on the British channel BBC.
She called on world leaders to take urgent action and open their borders to Afghan refugees.
According to her, "
every country has a role and a responsibility at this time
".
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“
This is an urgent humanitarian crisis at the moment and we must provide our help and support,
” she said. “
We live in a world where we talk about progress, equality, gender equality. We cannot see a country going back decades and centuries,
”she added. She said she was "
deeply concerned
" by the situation and in particular the security of women and girls in the country.
The young woman said she wrote a letter to the Pakistani prime minister asking him to welcome the Afghan refugees and ensure that children "
have access to education, security and protection, that their future does not. be not lost
”.
She said she also contacted other world leaders.
Malala Yousafzai rose to fame when she was only 11, for having blogged about life under the rule of the Pakistani Taliban.
She was the victim of an assassination attempt by the Pakistani Taliban in 2012 and was shot in the head.
She survived and has lived in England ever since.
Engaged very early in the education of young girls in her country, in 2014 she won the Nobel Peace Prize.
