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Afghan charged in deadly bombing at Kabul airport gave false confession, his attorney tells jurors

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ALEXANDRIA, Va. — U.S. authorities “got the wrong man” when they charged an alleged Islamic State militant in a deadly suicide bombing at a Kabul airport during the American military’s chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021, a defense attorney said Monday at the start of the man’s trial in Virginia. Mohammad Sharifullah is accused of … Read more

Trump says a former president had an Iran confession. Aides to his predecessors deny recent contact

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WASHINGTON — Twice on Monday, President Donald Trump said he’d wrangled a confession of sorts from an Oval Office predecessor who he said had expressed regret in a private conversation about not attacking Iran the way Trump has been doing for more than two weeks. But there’s just a little problem: Representatives for the four … Read more