Three Afghan military officers have been reported missing while on Cape Cod for a joint military training exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod in Bourne, U.S. military and law enforcement officials said.“There is no indication they pose a threat to the public,” Massachusetts National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. James Sahady said.The men were identified as Maj. Jan Mohammad Arash, Capt. Mohammad Nasir Askarzada and Capt. Noorullah Aminyar. Sahady said all had been vetted and cleared by U.S. military authorities.The men arrived in the country on Sept. 11, and were reported missing by base security personnel late Saturday. They were last seen at the Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis on Saturday night.Sahady said the men were not restricted to the base.The three were among 12 members of the Afghanistan National Army participating in a military exercise that focused on tactical strategies, Sahady said.Last month, Maj. Gen. Harold Greene was killed by an Afghan soldier in an attack in Afghanistan.Last weekend, two Afghan policemen in the Washington, D.C., for a DEA training program at Quantico, Va., also went missing while on a sightseeing trip to Georgetown, ABC News reported. The DEA said the two men left the group because they did not want to go back to Afghanistan.

Three Afghan military officers have been reported missing while on Cape Cod for a joint military training exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod in Bourne, U.S. military and law enforcement officials said.

“There is no indication they pose a threat to the public,” Massachusetts National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. James Sahady said.


The men were identified as Maj. Jan Mohammad Arash, Capt. Mohammad Nasir Askarzada and Capt. Noorullah Aminyar. Sahady said all had been vetted and cleared by U.S. military authorities.

The men arrived in the country on Sept. 11, and were reported missing by base security personnel late Saturday. They were last seen at the Cape Cod Mall in Hyannis on Saturday night.

Sahady said the men were not restricted to the base.

The three were among 12 members of the Afghanistan National Army participating in a military exercise that focused on tactical strategies, Sahady said.

Last month, Maj. Gen. Harold Greene was killed by an Afghan soldier in an attack in Afghanistan.

Last weekend, two Afghan policemen in the Washington, D.C., for a DEA training program at Quantico, Va., also went missing while on a sightseeing trip to Georgetown, ABC News reported. The DEA said the two men left the group because they did not want to go back to Afghanistan.