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The Afghan girls building robots at home after Taliban education ban
The IndependentnewspositiveMar 1, 2026
Afghan women banned from higher education by the Taliban have formed an underground learning group called 'Voices of Hope' to teach themselves robotics and AI using online resources, having built two functioning robots despite severe restrictions on their movement and resources.
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