Shot Pakistani girl leaves UK hospital A fifteen-year old Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban has been discharged from a Birmingham hospital after making "excellent progress" in her recovery. Malala Yousafzai was targeted by Taliban soldiers after she campaigned for women's right to education in her home country. She was flown to the UK for specialist care for her head injuries in October and has been at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham ever since. But British doctors have decided to allow her to be treated as an outpatient, staying at her family's temporary home in the West Midlands. "Malala is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery," he said. Following discussions with Malala and her medical team, we decided that she would benefit from being at home with her parents and two brothers. Doctors have said Miss Yousafzai is due to be readmitted in the coming weeks for reconstructive cranial surgery. She is likely to secure permanent residence in the UK after her father was given a job as an education attaché at the Pakistani consulate in Birmingham. His contract lasts for three years but is extendable for another two. Miss Yousafzai was shot on October 9 with the bullet grazing her brain. The Pakistani Taliban said it had sent a gunman to kill her because they considered her a pro-western symbol of "infidels and obscenity." The schoolgirl's advocacy had won global recognition. At the time, Pakistan's military chief, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, called the shooting a "heinous act of terrorism."