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For now, the child will stay with Marine Maj. Mast and his wife under a temporary custody order.

A judge voided a 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.

A state court judge has voided a U.S. Marines adoption of an Afghan war orphan, more than a year after he took the little girl away from the Afghan couple raising her. For now, the child will stay with Marine Maj. Joshua Mast and his wife under a temporary custody order they obtained before the adoption.

(AP) — In a highly unusual ruling, a state court judge on Thursday voided a U.S.

For now, the child will stay with Marine Maj. Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie, under a temporary custody order they obtained before the adoption.

The girl was an infant when she was found injured in the rubble after a U.S.-Afghan military raid in a rural part of the country in 2019.

The ruling was a welcome move for the couple who had been identified by the Afghan government as the child’s relatives in 2020 and raised her for 18 months before Marine Maj. Joshua Mast took the child.

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — 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. For now, the child will stay with Marine […]

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.

For now, the child will stay with Marine Maj. Joshua Mast and his wife, Stephanie, under a temporary custody order they obtained before the adoption.