I fear for my Afghan sisters; Taliban has a history of violence: Malala

Afghan women are asking for protection, for the freedom and the future they were promised, writes the Nobel laureate.

In the last two decades, millions of Afghan women and girls received an education. Now the future they were promised is dangerously close to slipping away. The Taliban--who until losing power 20 years ago barred nearly all girls and women from attending school and doled out harsh punishment to those who defied them--are back in control. Like many women, I fear for my Afghan sisters.

I cannot help but think of my own childhood. When the Taliban took over my hometown in Pakistan’s Swat Valley in 2007 and shortly thereafter banned girls from getting an education, I hid my books under