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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This article gives a whole run down of the case. From the article it looks like the afghan parents reside in Texas.

https://abc7chicago.com/amp/post/us-government-worked-let-marine-joshua-mast-adopt-afghan-war-orphan-documents-obtained-ap-show/18552708/[/quote]

According to this article, the child is now 6 and will turn 7 in July. The adoption has been voided by a second judge and case is now in the VA supreme court.

At this point it would be bad fort the kid if she was removed from the only family she has now come to call her own and handed over to the Afghan couple. I feel sorry for the child and this guy Mast played the system.

[i]"With Moore's retirement, the Masts and the Afghans found themselves before a new judge, Claude Worrell.

Worrell rebuked the federal government for its "inconsistent" approach, noting it was arguing the baby should be immediately returned to the Afghans, while its own employees had repeatedly assisted the Masts along the way.

It did not take Worrell long to come to a wholly different conclusion than Moore. Worrell wasn't concerned about biological relationships. What mattered, he said, was Afghanistan claimed her as its citizen, so got to decide her fate.

In March 2023, Worrell voided the adoption.

The Afghan couple went outside to a patch of grass in the parking lot and prayed. They thought they would soon bring the baby to their home in Texas, where they've kept a bedroom ready for her, decorated with butterfly decals.

The Virginia Court of Appeals has since upheld Worrell's decision voiding the adoption, and the case went before the Virginia Supreme Court in February 2025. It has yet to issue a ruling. As the years dragged on, the child remained with the Marine and his family.

The Marine Corps held an administrative hearing in October 2024 to determine whether Mast violated military rules. A three-member panel found that he acted in a way that was "unbecoming" of an officer, but that didn't warrant suspension or other formal punishment.

The federal government has indicated in court in recent months that it is reconsidering its role in the case, and Trump's second administration could reverse his first administration's opinion that Mast had no right to the child. The Justice Department did not respond to repeated requests to clarify its current position on the child's fate.

It has been four years since the Afghan couple has seen her.

In July, she turned 6."[/i][/quote]

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