Major Joshua Mast
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And I'm not even blaming him for that. I blame the Americans who enable these lies and abuses of our systems. But... Like, as God is my witness from day one in detail, and that's exactly what our interpreter testified to, and that's in evidence at our BOI. That's what—there is no evidence to contradict that ever because it's what we did.
And I'm not even blaming him for that. I blame the Americans who enable these lies and abuses of our systems. But... Like, as God is my witness from day one in detail, and that's exactly what our interpreter testified to, and that's in evidence at our BOI. That's what—there is no evidence to contradict that ever because it's what we did.
I mean, how do you—she ultimately got rescued by a national mission force from behind Taliban lines. How do you explain to someone, bearded men with guns are going to come in helicopters and get this child? and we're going to bring you two. How do you explain that that's going to happen to someone, to an Afghan, a posthumous male from southern Afghanistan?
I mean, how do you—she ultimately got rescued by a national mission force from behind Taliban lines. How do you explain to someone, bearded men with guns are going to come in helicopters and get this child? and we're going to bring you two. How do you explain that that's going to happen to someone, to an Afghan, a posthumous male from southern Afghanistan?
I mean, how do you—she ultimately got rescued by a national mission force from behind Taliban lines. How do you explain to someone, bearded men with guns are going to come in helicopters and get this child? and we're going to bring you two. How do you explain that that's going to happen to someone, to an Afghan, a posthumous male from southern Afghanistan?
They used her military ID to identify her to U.S. forces. He told my interpreter, don't tell Joshua, that's what he called me, but I have many Taliban militants on my phone. Will this be a problem when I come to U.S. lines? And I had a JSOC colonel come and testify at our board of inquiry that corroborated all of the not the allegations, the derogatory information, if that makes sense.
They used her military ID to identify her to U.S. forces. He told my interpreter, don't tell Joshua, that's what he called me, but I have many Taliban militants on my phone. Will this be a problem when I come to U.S. lines? And I had a JSOC colonel come and testify at our board of inquiry that corroborated all of the not the allegations, the derogatory information, if that makes sense.
They used her military ID to identify her to U.S. forces. He told my interpreter, don't tell Joshua, that's what he called me, but I have many Taliban militants on my phone. Will this be a problem when I come to U.S. lines? And I had a JSOC colonel come and testify at our board of inquiry that corroborated all of the not the allegations, the derogatory information, if that makes sense.
But I've got the Department of Justice filing in front of our court saying, oh, that was, it was never, never any derogatory, not affiliated with terrorism. I mean, I've got a guy who said, my dad's responsible to the Taliban shadow governor, not where he lives, where she was recovered from, the guy responsible for those camps. He said that, and that guy said no.
But I've got the Department of Justice filing in front of our court saying, oh, that was, it was never, never any derogatory, not affiliated with terrorism. I mean, I've got a guy who said, my dad's responsible to the Taliban shadow governor, not where he lives, where she was recovered from, the guy responsible for those camps. He said that, and that guy said no.
But I've got the Department of Justice filing in front of our court saying, oh, that was, it was never, never any derogatory, not affiliated with terrorism. I mean, I've got a guy who said, my dad's responsible to the Taliban shadow governor, not where he lives, where she was recovered from, the guy responsible for those camps. He said that, and that guy said no.
I mean, and they're describing this in detail over conversations for like six weeks, because it took a couple of weeks to track up there in the, and if you think about what's going on is the Taliban started with the Northern Alliance areas this time, and then they swept down into their natural strongholds in the South.
I mean, and they're describing this in detail over conversations for like six weeks, because it took a couple of weeks to track up there in the, and if you think about what's going on is the Taliban started with the Northern Alliance areas this time, and then they swept down into their natural strongholds in the South.
I mean, and they're describing this in detail over conversations for like six weeks, because it took a couple of weeks to track up there in the, and if you think about what's going on is the Taliban started with the Northern Alliance areas this time, and then they swept down into their natural strongholds in the South.
And so Sparrow and these two Pashtuns, they spent like several, like a week and a half in their, huddling in their homes while there's like urban combat in some of these southern Afghan cities. And his biggest concern was, I'm worried the artillery concussion is going to hurt my unborn child because his wife was pregnant. She was like 19 and eight months of old. And so that was his concern.
And so Sparrow and these two Pashtuns, they spent like several, like a week and a half in their, huddling in their homes while there's like urban combat in some of these southern Afghan cities. And his biggest concern was, I'm worried the artillery concussion is going to hurt my unborn child because his wife was pregnant. She was like 19 and eight months of old. And so that was his concern.
And so Sparrow and these two Pashtuns, they spent like several, like a week and a half in their, huddling in their homes while there's like urban combat in some of these southern Afghan cities. And his biggest concern was, I'm worried the artillery concussion is going to hurt my unborn child because his wife was pregnant. She was like 19 and eight months of old. And so that was his concern.
I'm having conversations through an interpreter, but with this guy. And come to find out, the language this interpreter is using is the very strongest language in Pashto for guardian, legally responsible. He's using words wali, which is an Arabic term, but it's used in Islamic legal writings and such. And it means like the responsible person or the...
I'm having conversations through an interpreter, but with this guy. And come to find out, the language this interpreter is using is the very strongest language in Pashto for guardian, legally responsible. He's using words wali, which is an Arabic term, but it's used in Islamic legal writings and such. And it means like the responsible person or the...
I'm having conversations through an interpreter, but with this guy. And come to find out, the language this interpreter is using is the very strongest language in Pashto for guardian, legally responsible. He's using words wali, which is an Arabic term, but it's used in Islamic legal writings and such. And it means like the responsible person or the...