Don't abandon Afghanistan, pleads member of Afghan all-female robotics team

FILE PHOTO: Ayda Haydarpoura, a member of an Afghan all-girls robotics team who were evacuated last week from Afghanistan, talks during an interview with Reuters in Doha, Qatar August 25, 2021. REUTERS/Eman Kamel.

DOHA (Reuters) - A member of Afghanistan's all-female robotics team who has been flown to safety hopes the world will not forget her country as the United States and its allies rush to complete evacuations of their nationals and vulnerable Afghans.

Ayda Haydarpour, 17, is one of nine members of the team whose robots have won international awards now in the Qatari capital Doha. Other team members went to Mexico, while some remained in Afghanistan.