Only a week ago, Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi won the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, an event celebrated all over the subcontinent. Malala gave an interview the same afternoon to Barkha Dutt of NDTV and me from Oslo.

She announced that she would return to Pakistan in July 2015 and said she would build more schools in Pakistan.The Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan was angry with Malala's announcement.

The TTP the same evening threatened to attack all those celebrating Malala's honour.Within a week, the TTP turned the happiness of Pakistanis into grief and mourning. It attacked the Army Public School in Peshawar on the morning of December 16, killing more than 130 students including their teachers.

Pakistan journalist Hamid Mir writes on Rediff.com. Read the full column here.