Pakistani teen seeks release of kidnapped Nigerian girls
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
ABUJA, Nigeria -- The Pakistani teen who survived a Taliban assassination attempt in 2012 marked her 17th birthday Monday with a visit to Nigeria and urged Islamic extremists to free the 219 schoolgirls who were kidnapped there, calling them her "sisters."
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