Afghan officials walk away from Colorado training

Two Afghan prison officials who walked away from a prison-reform training program in Colorado pose no threat, and their names are being withheld for fear their families back home will be retaliated against by those opposed to U.S. involvement there, officials said. Their disappearances underscore a difficulty American officials face in training civilian and military Afghan nationals in the United States, then sending them home, where they can face reprisals from the Taliban or other elements hostile to the U.S.-backed government.

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