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Marine Maj. Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie, walk out of Circuit Court, Thursday, March 30, 2023 in Charlottesville, Va. In a highly unusual ruling, a state court judge on Thursday voided a U.S. Marine’s adoption of an Afghan war orphan, more than a year after he took the little girl away from the Afghan couple raising her. But her future remains uncertain. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)The Masts claim in court filings that they legally adopted the child, and that the Afghan couple's accusations that they kidnapped her are "outrageous" and "unmerited." They have repeatedly declined to comment to the AP.
Originally published at The Associated Press