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Thu Oct 20 15:57:00 +0000 2022

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“It was the best day of our lives,” the child’s biological relatives said of the day the war orphan came to their home. Her cousin and his wife promised to raise her as their own. https://t.co/lI8n5w3Xbc — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 20, 2022 Hibernated

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The Marine says he is the child's legal parent because he was granted custody of her in a small-town Virginia court 7,000 miles from Afghanistan in sealed proceedings. The baby’s Afghan family was identified, but he continued trying to get her to the U.S. https://t.co/lI8n5w3Xbc — PolitiTweet.org

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Over the next year, the Marine became friendly with the Afghan family. When the Taliban seized power, he helped them flee to the U.S. But once on American soil, the Afghans say the Marine took the baby away, claiming she was his lawful daughter. https://t.co/lI8n5vMU9c — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 20, 2022 Hibernated

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