India, Oct. 12 -- Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has revealed that smoking a bong for the first time while at Oxford University triggered long-suppressed memories of the Taliban assassination attempt she survived as a teenager in Pakistan.

Malala, 28, who is celebrated globally for her advocacy of girls' education, was just 15 when a masked Taliban gunman shot her while she was travelling on a school bus in Swat Valley. She sustained severe injuries, including a lacerated facial nerve, shattered eardrum and broken jaw, and spent months in critical care before being flown to the UK for specialist treatment.

In an interview with The Guardian, Malala described how the experience at Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford, unlocked vivid memories of th...