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| https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40504352 | |
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| ***An all-girl team of roboticists from Afghanistan will watch their creations compete in a US competition via Skype after being denied entry visas.*** | |
| President Trump recently ordered a ban on travel from six Muslim-majority countries, but Afghanistan was not included on the list. | |
| Teams from Iran, Sudan and Syria - which are on the list - did manage to enter the country. | |
| The girls said they did not know why they had not been given visas. | |
| A US State Department official said it could not discuss individual cases. A team from The Gambia also failed to gain visas. | |
| == ***'Clear insult'*** == | |
| The six-member team will watch their ball-sorting robot compete in Washington DC via a video link from their hometown of Herat, in western Afghanistan. | |
| "We still don't know the reason why we were not granted visas, because other countries participating in the competition have been given visas," Fatemah Qaderyan, 14, told Reuters. | |
| She was one of the team members who made two journeys to the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, to apply for their papers. | |
| Team-mate Lida Azizi, 17, said: "All of the countries can participate in the competitions, but we can't. So it's a clear insult for the people of Afghanistan." | |
| The First Global competition has seen teams from 164 countries compete in a series of robotic games. | |
| The non-profit organisation aims to promote Stem subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths). | |
| First Global's president, Joe Sestak, said in a post on the organisation's Facebook page that he was "saddened" by the US decision, adding his own thoughts as to why the girls had been refused visas. | |
| "Visa decisions are often made regarding many whose lives are endangered," he wrote. "This is compounded by the low number of visas available within the nation to begin with." | |
| A group of Afghan girls based in the US will represent the team, and the Skype call will be broadcast on a big screen at the event. | |
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| https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40504352 | |
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| + | [quote] |
| + | ***An all-girl team of roboticists from Afghanistan will watch their creations compete in a US competition via Skype after being denied entry visas.*** |
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| + | President Trump recently ordered a ban on travel from six Muslim-majority countries, but Afghanistan was not included on the list. |
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| + | Teams from Iran, Sudan and Syria - which are on the list - did manage to enter the country. |
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| + | The girls said they did not know why they had not been given visas. |
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| + | A US State Department official said it could not discuss individual cases. A team from The Gambia also failed to gain visas. |
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| + | == ***'Clear insult'*** == |
| + | The six-member team will watch their ball-sorting robot compete in Washington DC via a video link from their hometown of Herat, in western Afghanistan. |
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| + | "We still don't know the reason why we were not granted visas, because other countries participating in the competition have been given visas," Fatemah Qaderyan, 14, told Reuters. |
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| + | She was one of the team members who made two journeys to the US embassy in the Afghan capital, Kabul, to apply for their papers. |
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| + | Team-mate Lida Azizi, 17, said: "All of the countries can participate in the competitions, but we can't. So it's a clear insult for the people of Afghanistan." |
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| + | The First Global competition has seen teams from 164 countries compete in a series of robotic games. |
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| + | The non-profit organisation aims to promote Stem subjects (science, technology, engineering and maths). |
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| + | First Global's president, Joe Sestak, said in a post on the organisation's Facebook page that he was "saddened" by the US decision, adding his own thoughts as to why the girls had been refused visas. |
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| + | "Visa decisions are often made regarding many whose lives are endangered," he wrote. "This is compounded by the low number of visas available within the nation to begin with." |
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| + | A group of Afghan girls based in the US will represent the team, and the Skype call will be broadcast on a big screen at the event. |
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| + | [/quote] |
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Uh-Oh: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-40504352
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