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Posted: 2021-08-19T21:27:51Z | Updated: 2021-08-31T16:29:57Z

After the Taliban took power in Afghanistan, part of a famed all-girls robotics team fled the country.

On Tuesday, members of the team flew to Qatar and will stay there to continue their education, reported The New York Times. Others on the girls team will remain in Afghanistan , according to NPR.

The Taliban have promised to allow girls to be educated to whatever extent allowed by Shariah law, the teams founder, tech entrepreneur Roya Mahboob, told the Times. We will have to wait and see to what that means.

The team did not immediately respond to HuffPosts request for comment.

As the Taliban quickly took over the country amid the U.S. militarys withdrawal in recent days, many have raised concerns about womens rights in the nation, which were severely curtailed under the Islamist insurgents rule from 1996 to 2001. At the time, girls were banned from school and women from work, and they were allowed out in public only if fully covered and escorted by a male relative.

Though the Taliban has said girls will be able to attend school and womens rights will be respected within the framework of Islamic law, many have expressed skepticism that girls and women will be allowed to live freely under the ultraconservative groups rule.

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