It seems some Afghan military members are, um, missing:

A nationwide alert has been issued for 17 members of the Afghan military who have gone AWOL from a Texas Air Force base where foreign military officers who are training to become pilots are taught English, FoxNews.com has learned.
The Afghan officers and enlisted men have security badges that give them access to secure U.S. defense installations, according to the lookout bulletin, “Afghan Military Deserters in CONUS [Continental U.S.],” issued by Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Dallas, and obtained by FoxNews.com.
The Afghans were attending the Defense Language Institute at Lackland Air Force Base in Texas.
Wow, right? That’s a lot of people to go missing all at once.
Oh, yeah:
“I can confirm that 17 have gone missing from the Defense Language Institute,” said Gary Emery, Chief of Public Affairs, 37th Training Wing, at Lackland AFB. “They disappeared over the course of the last two years, and none in the last three months.”
Huh. Thanks for the timely heads up, I guess.
The bulletin continues:
Included in the bulletin are photos of the 17 men, accompanied by their dates of birth and their TECS Lookout numbers.
The bulletin requests, “If any Afghan pictured herein is encountered, detain the subject and contact your local Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) office, the FBI or NCIS.”
Um, if we do that, can we expect Attorney General Eric Holder to investigate us as possible violating their civil rights? I mean, isn’t that what they are upset about Arizona trying to do?
Here’s a list of the missing Afghan military members, because they’ll be doing stuff under their real names.
Good Lord….

