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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Mukhtar Wafayee

Meet the Afghan girls building robots at home after the Taliban stopped their education

Members of Voices of Hope have built two robots from scratch - (Independent Persian)

This article first appeared on our partner site, Independent Persian

In the sweltering heat of Kabul, a group of young women, who have been barred from higher education for the past three years, gather in one of their homes to work on a new project. Calling themselves “Voices of Hope,” the group’s members are former computer science students who refuse to abandon their pursuit of knowledge, despite the Taliban’s sweeping ban on female education.

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