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Malala Yousafzai arrives by helicopter to the all-boys Swat Cadet College Guli Bagh, during her hometown visit CREDIT: ABDUL MAJEED/ AFP

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai surprised many be returning to a region still troubled by violence CREDIT: AFP/ABDUL MAJEED

Students arrive at the Khpal Kor Model School, which was built with Malala Yousafzai's Nobel prize money CREDIT: AFP/ABDUL MAJEED

So much joy seeing my family home, visiting friends and putting my feet on this soil again. #Home #Pakistan: She wrote on Tweeter

Malala Yousafzai, center in red shawl, sits with her family members and Pakistan Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb, second right, during a visit to Swat Cadet College in Mingora CREDIT: ABDULLAH SHERIN/AP

Children attend a class at the Khushal school in Mingora, which Malala Yousafzai used to attend CREDIT: FAISAL MAHMOOD/REUTERS