Dozens of Afghan troops training in US have vanished from military bases

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Published October 06, 2016 FoxNews.com

Nearly four dozen Afghan troops training in the U.S. have vanished in less than two years, officials confirmed Thursday.

At least 44 Afghan troops have left their assigned bases since January 2015, calling into question their training programs' screening processes. Of those 44, 25 were reported Absent Without Leave, or AWOL, in 2015, and 19 have gone AWOL this year.

One of the eight Afghan students who disappeared in September of this year turned up at the Canadian border, the Pentagon reported. Police caught the student. FoxNews.com has reported that many Afghans who go AWOL from training in the U.S. have made their way through a pipeline running from Texas to Toronto.

A U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told Reuters that the frequency of Afghan troops disappearing from military training was truly concerning and “out of the ordinary.”

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More Than 40 Afghan Troops Missing From Military Training in U.S.
Posted By Natalie Johnson On October 6, 2016 @ 1:48 pm In National Security | No Comments

At least 44 Afghan troops who were in the United States for military training have gone missing over the last year, likely in an attempt to find work and live illegally in the country, Pentagon officials said Thursday.

Defense officials told Reuters that while other foreign troops visiting the U.S. for military training have sometimes gone missing, the pace of Afghan troops running away is “out of the ordinary.”
 

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And the reason we're still in Afghanistan is because...........