An all-girl Afghanistan robotics team have made it out of the country safely and into Qatar after being evacuated following the recent turmoil in the south Asian state.Qatari officials sent a plane to evacuate the girls, after the team’s organization, Digital Citizen Fund, worked with Qatar’s government to secure visas for them.The all-girl robotics team made headlines in 2017 when they were rejected for travel visas to the US twice while trying to enter the country for a competition. The girls eventually got to compete after then-president Donald Trump intervened to allow them entry to the country.
Qatari officials sent a plane to evacuate the girls, after the team’s organization, Digital Citizen Fund, worked with Qatar’s government to secure visas for them.
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