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Pregnant California woman beaten by Taliban has left Afghanistan, Rep. Issa says
A pregnant California woman who was left behind in Afghanistan has safely fled from the country, a Republican congressman said Friday.
The woman, identified only as Nasria in recent media reports, "braved beatings and harassment by the Taliban" while she remained there, U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa said, according to FOX 5 in San Diego.
That abuse included a kick to her stomach, Issa said last month during an appearance on Fox News.
Issa has been among the lawmakers and others who have been working to evacuate stranded Americans from Afghanistan since the country fell to the Taliban last month following President Biden’s withdrawal of U.S. forces after a 20-year involvement in the country following the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
THIRD PLANE WITH AMERICANS ON BOARD LANDS IN DOHA
The congressman said Nasria, 25, is heading home but her husband, whom she married while in Afghanistan, remains behind.
On Friday, a plane carrying Americans and other evacuees left Kabul and landed in Doha, Qatar, but it wasn't immediately clear if Nasria was aboard that plane.
Earlier this month, Nasria spoke to Voice of America, claiming at the time that Taliban fighters were "hunting Americans" since U.S. troops left the country.
"Apparently they’re going door-to-door … trying to see if anybody has a blue passport," Nasria told the outlet.
Nasria and her husband made attempts to leave Afghanistan via the chaotic airport in Kabul earlier this month but were unable to board a flight, she said.
"It was so hard to get on a flight," she told Voice of America. "There were a couple of days where we had to sleep on streets. People were literally stepping over people. That’s how bad it was."
A statement from Issa’s office said the congressman had "successfully facilitated" Nasria’s departure from Afghanistan, FOX 5 reported, but the details were unclear and it wasn’t immediately known how Nasria left or where her most immediate destination was.
Issa first learned about Nasria from friends who had contacted his office, the station reported. The congressman and his staff soon established communications inside Afghanistan to work on her behalf.
"Weeks of work and countless hours of coordination paid off," Issa wrote in the statement.
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said about 100 U.S. citizens remained in Afghanistan and want to leave, but rescue organizations and others claim the number may be higher, FOX 5 reported.
On Wednesday, Issa announced that an elderly couple from California, both in their 80s, were returning home after leaving Afghanistan following efforts on their behalf.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/pregnant-california-woman-beaten-by-taliban-has-left-afghanistan-rep-issa-says/ar-AAOyXPj
Michigan Court of Appeals Judge Jonathan Tukel, a former national security unit chief for the Department of Justice, has died, the court announced Friday.
Chief Judge Christopher Murray said in a statement that the panel is "profoundly saddened" by the passing of Tukel and praised his "esteemed career" serving the public.
"Tukel's devotion to the rule of law and the Constitution was only surpassed by his love and dedication to his family, his friends, and the University of Michigan, where he was an adjunct professor," Murray said Friday.
“His laugh, sense of humor, and never-ending curiosity about the law will be missed by all at the Court of Appeals."
Details on Tukel's death were not immediately available Friday night.
Tukel was appointed to the appeals court's Second District by then-Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder in 2017 to fill a vacancy created when Judge Henry Saad resigned.
His current term was set to expire Jan. 1, 2027.
During his tenure, Tukel he was involved inhigh-profile rulings such as on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's unilateral emergency actions to combat COVID-19.In 2019, he dissented in an appeals court ruling that allowed four Warren council members to run for re-election. The Michigan Supreme Court later accepted Tukel's reasoning and ruled the four exceeded term limits, meaning they could not appear on the primary ballot that year.
Before the appeals court, Tukel worked for the United States Department of Justice in Detroit as an assistant U.S. attorney, where he handled cases including public corruption, narcotics, fraud and tax evasion, colleagues said.
He also supervised the national security unit, handling casesinvolving international and domestic terrorism as well as terrorist financing.
In 2017, he oversaw the case against an Ypsilanti man arrested by the FBI's counterterrorism team.
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2021/09/17/michigan-court-appeals-judge-jonathan-tukel-dies/8386621002/
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