Fort Bliss, Texas ? The only officer charged in a 2002 Afghanistan prisoner abuse case will not face a court-martial.

Capt. Christopher M. Beiring said Army prosecutors told him Friday that charges of dereliction of duty and making a false official statement have been dropped by Fort Bliss officials.

Beiring was in charge of a Cincinnati-based reservist military police company stationed at a detention center in Bagram, Afghanistan, when two prisoners died in December 2002. Beiring, along with 10 of his soldiers, were charged in the case. Four military intelligence interrogators from Fort Bragg, N.C., also have faced criminal charges in the investigation.

An Army colonel assigned to investigate the charges against Beiring, 39, recommended last month that he not face a court-martial. In a lengthy report about the case, Lt. Col. Thomas S. Berg said Beiring’s leadership at Bagram may not have been perfect, but that he did the best he could despite being “sorely challenged at every step.”

Beiring contended that he had insufficient Army training to lead the reservists from the 377th Military Police Company.