Citing privacy rules, U.S. officials have not said why the team was initially denied visas, but Afghan Ambassador Hamdullah Mohib says there were concerns they would attempt to remain in the United States or in Canada after the contest.
1	Citing	cite	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	advcl	9:advcl	Discourse=causal-cause:72->73:0
2	privacy	privacy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	3:compound	Entity=(103-abstract-new-cf6-2-sgl
3	rules	rule	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	1:obj	Entity=103)|SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	1:punct	_
5	U.S.	U.S.	PROPN	NNP	Abbr=Yes|Number=Sing	6	compound	6:compound	Discourse=attribution-negative:73->74:0|Entity=(104-organization-new-cf5-2-sgl(18-place-giv:act-cf2*-1-coref-United_States)
6	officials	official	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	9:nsubj	Entity=104)
7	have	have	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	9:aux	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	9:advmod	_
9	said	say	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	0	root	0:root	_
10	why	why	SCONJ	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	obj	9:obj	Discourse=context-background:74->61:2
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	12:det	Entity=(3-organization-giv:inact-cf1-2-coref-Afghan_Girls_Robotics_Team
12	team	team	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj:pass	15:nsubj:pass	Entity=3)
13	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux:pass	15:aux:pass	_
14	initially	initially	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	advmod	15:advmod	_
15	denied	deny	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl:relcl	10:advcl:relcl	_
16	visas	visa	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	15	obj	15:obj	Entity=(105-abstract-new-cf7-1-sgl)|SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	23:punct	_
18	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	23:cc	Discourse=attribution-positive:75->76:1
19	Afghan	Afghan	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	20:amod	Entity=(106-person-new-cf4-2,3,4-coref-Hamdullah_Mohib
20	Ambassador	Ambassador	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	23	nsubj	23:nsubj	_
21	Hamdullah	Hamdullah	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	20:flat	XML=<ref target:::"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamdullah%20Mohib">
22	Mohib	Mohib	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	20	flat	20:flat	Entity=106)|XML=</ref>
23	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	conj	9:conj:but	_
24	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	25	expl	25:expl	Discourse=adversative-contrast_m:76->74:1
25	were	be	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	23	ccomp	23:ccomp	_
26	concerns	concern	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	25	nsubj	25:nsubj	_
27	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	29:nsubj|31:nsubj:xsubj	Discourse=elaboration-additional:77->76:0|Entity=(3-organization-giv:act-cf1-1-ana-Afghan_Girls_Robotics_Team)
28	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	29	aux	29:aux	_
29	attempt	attempt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	26	acl:relcl	26:acl:relcl	_
30	to	to	PART	TO	_	31	mark	31:mark	_
31	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	29	xcomp	29:xcomp	_
32	in	in	ADP	IN	_	35	case	35:case	_
33	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	35:det	Entity=(18-place-giv:act-cf2*-2,3-coref-United_States
34	United	Unite	VERB	NNP	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	35	amod	35:amod	_
35	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	31	obl	31:obl:in	Entity=18)
36	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	38	cc	38:cc	_
37	in	in	ADP	IN	_	38	case	38:case	_
38	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	35	conj	31:obl:in|35:conj:or	Entity=(107-place-new-cf8-1-sgl-Canada)|XML=<ref target:::"https://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Canada"></ref>
39	after	after	ADP	IN	_	41	case	41:case	_
40	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	41	det	41:det	Entity=(5-event-giv:inact-cf3-2-coref-FIRST_Robotics_Competition
41	contest	contest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	31	obl	31:obl:after	Entity=5)|SpaceAfter=No
42	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	9:punct	_
