Girls from Afghanistan's robotics team arrive in Mexico to apply for humanitarian status after being evacuated from their home country
Members of Afghanistan's robotics team are greeted by a government official while arriving in Mexico on August 24, 2021.
"We give you the warmest welcome to Mexico," said Mexican Deputy Foreign Minister Martha Delgado as she greeted them during a news conference at Mexico City's international airport. The White House and US allies are racing to complete the evacuation of all foreigners and vulnerable Afghans before the expiry of an August 31 deadline agreed with the Taliban, US President Joe Biden said. The team, made up of girls and women as young as 14, has been heralded for winning international awards for its robots and started work in March on an open-source, low-cost ventilator as the coronavirus pandemic hit the war-torn nation.
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