STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- Malala Yousufzai is suffering from severe edema, a doctor says
- Her uncle says she hadn't been conscious or responsive
- "I have the right of an education," Malala said last year
- A minister has offered a $100,000 bountry for the capture of the culprits
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The teenage Pakistani blogger shot by the Taliban is in a "critical" condition, one of the doctors treating her said Thursday, a day after surgeons removed a bullet lodged in her neck.
Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai is suffering from severe edema, said Lt. Col Junaid Khan, the head of neurosurgery at the military hospital in the city of Peshawar where she is being treated. He declined to elaborate further on her condition.
An edema is an accumulation of fluid in part of the body that results in swelling. Doctors had said late Wednesday that Malala's condition was "satisfactory."
As she struggled to recover Thursday, the United Nations was marking International Day of the Girl, which is aimed at "highlighting, celebrating, discussing, and advancing girls lives and opportunities across the globe" -- goals that Malala risked her life to pursue.
Malala's uncle, Faiz Muhammad, said his niece hadn't been conscious or responsive since the surgery to remove the bullet more than 24 hours ago. "Doctors say she needs 48-hours' rest," he said.
Muhammad, who is in the hospital with Malala, said the family was "very worried" about her condition.
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"We are counting on all the prayers of the nation," he said. "The prayers are with us, so, God willing, everything is going to be fine."
An angry chorus of voices in social media, on the street, in newspapers and over the airwaves has decried the attack against Malala as cowardly and an example of a government unable to cope with militants.
I was afraid going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending school.
Malala Yousufzai blog post
On Tuesday, Taliban militants stopped a van carrying three girls, including Malala, on their way home from school in northwestern Pakistan's conservative Swat Valley.
One of the gunmen asked which one was Malala Yousufzai. When the girls pointed her out, the men opened fire. The bullets struck all three girls.
The injuries from the shooting were not life-threatening for the two other girls. But the attack put Malala in intensive care.
On Wednesday, police took the van driver and the school guard into custody for questioning. They also said they'd identified the culprits.
Meanwhile, the Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack and issued an ominous threat.
"If she survives this time, she won't next time," a spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban said. "We will certainly kill her."
Pakistan's picturesque Swat Valley was once one of Pakistan's biggest tourist destinations.
The valley, near the Afghanistan border and about 186 miles (300 kilometers) from the capital city of Islamabad, boasted the country's only ski resort. It was a draw for trout-fishing enthusiasts and visitors to the ancient Buddhist ruins in the area. But that was before militants -- their faces covered with dark turbans -- unleashed a wave of violence.
They demanded veils for women, beards for men and a ban on music and television. They allowed boys' schools to operate but closed those for girls.
It was in this climate that Malala reached out to the outside world through her blog posts.
She took a stand by writing about her daily battle with extremist militants who used fear and intimidation to force girls to stay at home.
Malala's online writing led to her being awarded Pakistan's first National Peace Prize in November.
The Taliban controlled Malala's valley for years until 2009, when the military cleared it in an operation that also evacuated thousands of families.
But pockets remain, and violence is never far behind.
"I have the right of education," Malala said in a CNN interview last year. "I have the right to play. I have the right to sing. I have the right to talk. I have the right to go to market. I have the right to speak up."
Malala also encouraged other young people to take a stand against the Taliban -- and to not hide in their bedrooms. "God will ask you on the day of judgment where were you when your people were asking you, when your school fellows were asking you, and when your school was asking you that I am being blown up?"
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Mian Iftikhar Hussein, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa information minister, said he was declaring a bounty of $100,000 for the capture of the culprits in the attempt on Malala's life.
U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the act "heinous and cowardly" on Wednesday and said the attackers must be brought to justice.
"The secretary-general, like many around the world, has been deeply moved by Malala Yousufzai's courageous efforts to promote the fundamental right to education -- enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights," a representative for Ban said.
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CNN's Shaan Khan contributed to this report, as did journalists Aamir Iqbal and Noreen Shams.
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