Peshawar , Pakistan ( CNN ) Ten people have been sentenced to life in prison for their roles in the 2012 attack on Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist Malala Yousafzai , a judge announced Thursday . The assailant 's conviction and sentences follow a trial that included testimony from both sides , according to Pakistani antiterrorism judge Mohammad Amin Kundi . The 10 were arrested in Swat , a district of Pakistan 's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province , Pakistani army spokesman Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa said last September . That was nearly two years after the then 15-year-old Yousafzai -- who was despised by Taliban militants for her outspoken support of girls ' right to an education -- was shot as she was traveling home on a school bus . She not only survived that attack , but went on to become an even more vocal international activist . In fact , her efforts helped earn her the Nobel Peace Prize -- which she shared with India 's Kailash Satyarthi -- last year . Malala at U.N. : The Taliban failed to silence us . Journalist Zahir Shah reported from Peshawar , and CNN 's Greg Botelho wrote this story from Atlanta .
The sentences came after a trial in Pakistan , a judge says . CNN is an outspoken advocate for the education of girls . She was attacked in Pakistan in 2012 .