The team bagged the Entrep­reneur Award at the bigges­t roboti­cs festiv­al in Europe­Back in July, Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team made the headlines when their attempt to participate in the First Global robotics competition in the US was hampered by Trump’s travel restrictions. ‘Happy’ Afghan girls compete at robotics meet after US visa woesFour months later, they are in the news again, as last week the six teenage girls bagged the Entrepreneur Award at the Robotex festival in Tallinn, Estonia, the biggest robotics festival in Europe. Congratulations to our Afghan Girls Robotics Team for winning the entrepreneur challenge in the biggest Robotics Festival in Europe in Estonia. Trump’s travel ban temporarily bars visitors from Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen without a “bona fide” US connection and all refugees — causing a travel headache for many countries. Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team denied US visa“We want to make a difference, and most breakthroughs in science, technology, and other industries normally start with the dream of a child to do something great,” Team Afghanistan wrote before their first competition in the US.

Source: The Express Tribune November 29, 2017 07:58 UTC