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All-girl Afghan robotics team in U.S. after visa hurdles

By Reuters
18 July 2017   |   7:00 am
A team of Afghan girls compete in a Washington, D.C. robotics competition after American officials agreed to allow them to enter the country despite initially denying them visas.

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