A Pakistani court has sentenced ten men to life imprisonment for involvement in the 2012 shooting of teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, targeted for her campaign against Taliban efforts to deny girls education.
Life prison sentences in Pakistan are 25 years.
Pakistani Taliban militants claimed responsibility for attacking Ms Yousafzai as she travelled home from school in her home in Swat, northwest of the capital, Islamabad.
The first convictions, which were the first for the attack, were handed down in an anti-terrorism court.
Ms Yousafzai was seriously wounded and airlifted to Britain for treatment, where she now lives. Two other schoolgirls were wounded.
Since then, Ms Yousafzai has become a symbol of defiance in the fight against militants operating in ethnic Pashtun areas in northwest Pakistan. She won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
A security official said none of the four or five men who carried out the attack on Ms Yousafzai was among the 10 men sentenced.
"But certainly they had a role in the planning and execution of the assassination attempt on Malala", said a police official.
Police believe the gunman who shot Ms Yousafzai escaped across the border into Afghanistan.
Several people, including Pakistani Taliban leader Mullah Fazlullah, are wanted in connection with the attack.
Mr Fazlullah, a fiery preacher from Swat, is also believed to be hiding out in eastern Afghanistan.
Ms Yousafzai is unable to return to her homeland because of Taliban threats to kill her and her family members.
