Afghan officials awol from Colorado training program 'pose no threat' --- One official left training center in September 2013 and the other disappeared in February, state officials said, adding individuals ‘pose no threat’ -- 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 US 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 US-backed government. -- One Afghan official left a training center in Canon City in southern Colorado in September 2013. The other disappeared in February. One of the men was found while trying to enter Canada, the Denver Post reported Monday. -- The other man has not been located. -- The reasons the men left were unknown. State and federal officials opted against releasing their identities out of concern for the men’s well-being and the safety of their families in Afghanistan, said Adrienne Jacobsen, spokeswoman for the Colorado Department of Corrections. -- Both passed US State Department background checks before joining the training program, Jacobsen said. -- Read More, http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2014/nov/03/afghan-prison-colorado-training-program