Would-be Nobel Peace Prizer Malala Yousafzai met with President Barack Obama on Friday night and thanked the president for his efforts helping schooling in Pakistan, but in addition had a message for him: drone strikes, a distinguished aspect of Obama’s overseas policy, had been “fueling terrorism.”

Yousafzai, who was shot within the head with the aid of the Taliban for defending Pakistani women’ proper to education, visited the White House following an deal with on the World Financial institution. Obama, First Girl Michelle, and their daughter Malia welcomed her “to thank her for her inspiring and passionate work on behalf of ladies education in Pakistan.” The White Home launched the next picture of the four:

“I thanked President Obama for the US’ work in aiding education in Pakistan and Afghanistan and for Syrian refugees,” Yousafzai stated in a later commentary. “I additionally expressed my issues that drone attacks are fueling terrorism. Innocent victims are killed in these acts, they usually result in resentment among the many Pakistani people. If we refocus efforts on education it will make a big effect.”

Obama’s international coverage has been marked via a elevate in the usage of unmanned drones, together with within the controversial killing of Anwar al-Alwaki and his teenage son. Critics say the assaults cause civilian casualties that aide insurgent teams in recruitment.

[h/t WaPo]

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