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For now, home is a compound in Qatar she shares with other team members. “It’s still difficult to leave the country,” Ahmadi says. “I do wish that my friends and all my classmates, they have this opportunity too.” 📷 Karim Jaafar / AFP via Getty Images https://t.co/tU9qjG8gub https://t.co/d5lXvB3b2n — PolitiTweet.org

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When the Taliban returned to power in 2021, most of the team fled to Qatar fearing the regime would once again impose rules that would bar women from attending school or work outside the home. “I left the country alone,” Ahmadi says. — PolitiTweet.org

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Team captain Florence Pouya, says they think constantly “about the other girls in Afghanistan, who cannot even go to school.” That motivates them to try harder, she says. “We are not just the robotics team; we are not just building the robot.” https://t.co/qCyfp57NBZ — PolitiTweet.org

Posted March 8, 2023