Malala Yousafzai urges countries to open borders to Afghan refugees as Taliban take over

Nobel peace laureate and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai is calling on countries to open their borders to Afghan refugees as the country is overtaken by the Taliban. Yousafzai was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 because the then-teenager advocated for educating girls. 

The terrorist group rapidly returned to power in Afghanistan as the U.S. was withdrawing its forces after the 20-year U.S.-led war. Taliban fighters took control of the presidential palace and Afghan President Ashraf Ghani fled Kabul on Sunday. Videos show dozens of civilians running toward an airplane on a tarmac at Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul on Monday, desperately clamoring to escape the capital city after Taliban rapidly took over.