Afghan military trainees MISSING since Monday from Georgia air force base, Homeland Security involved!

ATLANTA -- The Department of Homeland Security has taken a lead role in the search for two Afghan men who disappeared while training with the U.S. military at a base in south Georgia, Air Force officials said Friday.

Air Force officials have said that the men were screened before entering the U.S. and that there's no evidence they pose a threat. Homeland Security is coordinating with the U.S. State Department in efforts to locate them, Air Force Lt. Col. Chris Karns said.

The men didn't report Monday to maintenance training with the 81st Fighter Squadron, according to officials at Moody Air Force base near Valdosta.

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"Various terrorist organizations or groups or nefarious groups in their country would seek to inflict harm on them," he said. "They're in the U.S. because it's a safer environment to conduct training and by providing their name and image it potentially introduces unnecessary risk to them and their families."


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Last Edited by Laura Bow on 12/11/2015 04:38 PM