Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday not to legitimise the Afghan Taliban government and to "show true leadership" ov..

Simply put, the Taliban do not see women as human beings,’ Malala told the attendees a summit on girls’ education in Islamic nations. ‘They cloak their crimes in cultural and religious justification’

Although Pakistan extended an invitation to its neighbour, Afghanistan declined to participate, reinforcing the ongoing tensions between the two countries.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders on Sunday not to "legitimise" the Afghan Taliban government and to "show true leadership" by opposing their curbs on women and girls' education.

The Taliban government has declined Pakistan's invitation to a global summit on girls' education, amid strained relations between the two countries.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said she was "overwhelmed" to be back in her native Pakistan on Saturday, as the prime minister launched a global summit on girls' education in the Islamic world.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Sunday urged Muslim leaders to not "legitimize" the Afghan Taliban regime who has created a system of "gender apartheid." "Do not legitimize them (Taliban),

The Nobel laureate said she was ‘overwhelmed’ to be back in her native Pakistan for a global summit on girls’ education in the Islamic world.