The Pakistani schoolgirl
shot in the head by the Taliban has spoken out about her recovery for
the first time since she was nearly killed.
Malala Yousufzai, 15, underwent successful surgery to reconstruct her
skull and restore her hearing at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham
at the weekend.She escaped death by a matter of inches when she was shot on a school bus in northwestern Pakistan on October 9 last year - as the bullet entered just above her left eye and ran along her jaw, "grazing" her brain.
The Islamist gunmen said they targeted her because she promoted girls' education and "Western thinking".
In a message recorded by the hospital on Sunday, Malala said she was "feeling alright" and "happy that both the operations were successful".
She said: "I can also walk a little bit, I can talk and I'm feeling better."
Despite having five hours of surgery, Malala added: "It does not feel like I had a very big operation."
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