Afghan President Karzai asks Pakistan to fight extremism
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Afghan President Hamid Karzai has written letters to top political and religious leaders in Pakistan, denouncing the Taliban attack on a Pakistani teenager who is promoting girls' education and asking them to help battle extremism in both countries.
Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai was shot by the Taliban on Oct. 9 on her way home from school. She is widely respected for being an activist for girls' education in Pakistan.
Karzai's office said in a statement issued late Saturday that the president wrote that the attack on Yousufzai indicated that both Afghanistan and Pakistan need to take coordinated steps to fight terrorism and extremism.
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Karzai wrote that he views the shooting, which has set off an international outcry, as an attack on Afghanistan's girls as well.