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• Italy’s Meloni rebukes Trump remarks on NATO’s role in Afghanistan - Italian PM Giorgia Meloni calls Trump's NATO comments about Afghanistan "unacceptable," defending Italy's sacrifice of 53 soldiers killed in the conflict.
• Trump hails 'great and very brave' UK soldiers after slamming NATO allies' Afghanistan service - President Donald Trump praised UK soldiers after backlash for criticizing NATO allies in Afghanistan on Saturday, hailing troops as "great and very brave."
• Hawley expects 'Trojan Horse' hearing to reveal dozens of terror-linked Afghan parolees in US - Sen. Josh Hawley claims pro-Hamas groups received Biden administration funding to help Afghan parolees, calling the refugee program a scandal ahead of Wednesday's hearing.
• Biden officials go silent when asked about Afghan refugee program after guardsmen shooting - Former Biden officials including Gen. Mark Milley and Antony Blinken do not respond to questions about Afghanistan refugee vetting after Washington attack.
• SEN TOM COTTON: Alleged Afghan attack on Guardsmen was preventable. We must do better next time - Sen. Tom Cotton calls West Virginia National Guard attack preventable, linking assault on Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe to Afghan evacuee vetting.
• Two teen Afghan asylum seekers learn fate for raping 15-year-old in local park - Two teenage asylum seekers from Afghanistan were jailed for nearly 10 years each after pleading guilty to raping a 15-year-old girl in a U.K. park.
• Trump’s DC Guard deployment didn’t fuel violence — Biden's Afghan vetting breakdown did - Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal faces death penalty charges for allegedly killing National Guard specialist Sarah Beckstrom and wounding Andrew Wolfe.
• Afghan watchdog: US taxpayer-funded weapons left behind have formed 'core of the Taliban security apparatus' - The final report from a government watchdog tasked with overseeing Afghanistan reconstruction efforts reveals impact of weapons and equipment left behind.
• ICE arrests multiple Afghan nationals with criminal convictions released into US by Biden-era programs: DHS - ICE arrests multiple Afghan nationals with criminal convictions including kidnapping and child abuse, raising significant national security concerns nationwide.
• Ted Cruz responds to poorly aged CNN fact-check of his 2021 claim Afghan refugees weren't properly vetted - Sen. Ted Cruz's 2021 warnings about inadequate vetting of Afghan refugees appeared validated after recent attacks by evacuees contradicted CNN's fact-check.