(http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/j/MSNBC/Components/Photo/_new/121016-malala-830a.photoblog600.jpg)AFP / Getty Images Pakistani students in Lahore, Pakistan hold photographs of child activist Malala Yousufzai during a protest on Tuesday against her attack by the Taliban.By NBC News staff and ReutersThe Taliban, al-Qaida and conservative groups in Pakistan have launched an unprecedented effort to justify the attack on teenager Malala Yousufzai and to calm the reaction against her shooting.
Yousufzai, 14, and two other girls were shot Oct. 9 after they left school. The teen, who was shot in the head and neck, on Monday was flown to Britain to receive specialist treatment, where doctors said she has every chance of making a "good recovery (http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/10/15/14446972-malala-14-year-old-pakistani-girl-shot-by-taliban-can-recover-uk-doctors-say?lite)."
The attack drew widespread protest, with tens of thousands rallying in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, on Sunday.
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