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An Afghan national on the terrorist watchlist and living in the United States was dropped from a government monitoring program after only about two weeks, NBC News reported. Mohammad Kharwin, a 48-year-old Afghan who entered the U.S. illegally and was later determined to be on the terror watchlist, was almost immediately taken off Alternatives to Detention, a program that tracked his location via ankle monitor, telephone or mobile app, sources familiar with the matter told NBC. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) first arrested Kharwin on March 10, 2023 near San Ysidro, California, after he wa…