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Kainat, 17, was shot in the arm when the Taliban attacked the bus she was riding with Malala Yousafzai in October 2012.
After Malala became the focus of international attention, Kainat, too, became a target of the Taliban. She eventually moved to the UK with Shazia (a third girl who was injured in the attack). Kainat told Quartz that she is happy to study in a place where her family doesn’t worry for her safety when she wears a school uniform. She is planning to become a doctor and then return to Pakistan.
Before the accident, Kainat was aware of Malala’s efforts to promote education for girls, but, she told Quartz, “I didn’t expect that I could do this [being an advocate herself].” Now, promoting girls’ right to education has become her mission: She is still in touch with her community in Pakistan to help raise the number of local girls attending school, and participates in international events, including addressing the UN. In 2014, she accompanied Malala to Oslo, to accept the Nobel Peace Prize .