File photo dated September 15, 2004 shows US citizens (L to R) Edward Carabello, Jonathan Idema and Brent Bennett at a Kabul court on charges of illegally running a private jail and torturing suspects in a "private war on terror". An Afghan tribunal yesterday slashed by at least half the sentences of the three Americans accused of torturing suspects in a so-called private prison. However the tribunal did not overturn the men's convictions. PHOTO: AFP