Malala Returns to Pakistan for First Time Since Attack Six years after Malala Yousafzai was brutally attacked by the Taliban the Nobel Peace Prize winner has returned to Pakistan. The 20-year-old arrived on Thursday morning, accompanied by heavy security. Yousafzai was an advocate for girls education, writing under a pseudonym. When she was 14, she was shot in the head by the Taliban. She was rushed by an air ambulance to Britain for treatment.