3 Afghans missing from Camp Edwards
By Doug Fraser
Capecodonline.com
September 22, 2014
CAMP EDWARDS — Police and military officials are searching for three officers from the Afghanistan National Army who were engaged in a training exercise at Joint Base Cape Cod.
Massachusetts National Guard spokesman Lt. Col. James Sahady said the three men were reported missing on Saturday night after traveling into Hyannis that day.
“They didn’t report back (to the base),” Sahady said. “There is no indication they pose a threat to the public.”
Police and base officials are cooperating in the search for the three men, identified as Maj. Jan Mohammad Arash, Capt. Mohammad Nasir Askarzada and Capt. Noorullah Aminyar. Sahady didn’t have any descriptions or ages for the three officers.
A state police spokesman said they are not involved in the investigation.
There are 200 soldiers and civilians participating in the seven-day event at Camp Edwards on Joint Base Cape Cod. Along with 12 other members of the Afghanistan National Army, the three men were all engaged in the joint exercise that focused on working on collaboration and tactical strategies that involved civilians and officers and senior enlisted personnel, Sahady said. There were six nations, including the U.S., participating in the exercise, which is ongoing and is scheduled to wrap up by Wednesday. They were housed on the base and all participants at the exercise were vetted by U.S. Central Command, Sahady said.
U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Jon Custis of the U.S. Central Command in Tampa, Florida, who organized the training exercise, did not return a call Sunday seeking comment.
“They had the freedom to come and go,” Sahady said. “If they were off-duty, they could go to McDonald’s or the mall.”
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