Afghan couple accuse US Marine of abducting their baby

FILE - A student reads the Quran at a madrassa in Kabul, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021. The American concept of adoption doesn’t exist in Afghanistan. Under Islamic law, a child’s bloodline cannot be severed and their heritage is sacred. Instead of adoption, a guardianship system called kafala allows Muslims to take in orphans and raise them as family, without relinquishing the child’s name or bloodline. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)