'Don't lose your hope': Afghan girls robotics team speaks from safety in Mexico
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The members of the Afghan girls robotics team, who escaped Afghanistan a few months ago as the Taliban resurged, are urging their fellow Afghans to not lose hope.
The global robotics competition, held in the U.S. in 2017, was a chance for the team to show to the world what so many in their own country doubted -- that girls can accomplish anything.
And accomplish they did, winning an award for "courageous achievement" given to teams who persevere through trying circumstances. Though they didn't place among the world's best teams in the overall score, they walked away proud and, crucially, with worldwide recognition.
It was that recognition that helped the girls escape Afghanistan a few months ago, as the Taliban resurged.
The Taliban -- infamous for banning girls from school and work when they last controlled Afghanistan -- swept back across the country this summer, toppling city after city, a terrifying change for educated, progressive girls like those on the robotics team.
