The protester held by this protestor speaks for every civil Pakistani who was angry at the Taliban attack on the 14 year old Pakistani school girl and education activist. It speaks of the fact that the drone warfare actually does more good than it hurts in casualties.
As stated by the graphic bellow; the drones, since the war on terror started, has killed around 474 innocent civilians. Which is only 2.4 percent of the total number of innocent deaths if you account for those killed by Taliban during those years, which runs upward of 19 thousand deaths.
As these facts aren't enough to convince the right wing conspiracy theorists. Who from time to time come up with the most absurd conspiracies to malign Malala or mix up her issue and the issues of women's rights, right to education, and the issue of Talibanization with the issue of drone attacks in Pakistan.
One of Pakistan's prominent journalist Wajahat S. Khan helps us understand this better.
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