Afghan official: 870 inmates escaped from prison (AP)
Saturday, 14 June 2008 21:04

Afghan soldiers are seen, left, in front of the damaged shops near the prison, unseen, which was attacked by Taliban militants in Kandahar south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Saturday, June 14, 2008. More than 600 prisoners escaped during a brazen Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate and destroyed a two-story police checkpoint, a police official said Saturday. At least nine police were killed. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)AP - U.S. and NATO troops aided Afghan forces with reconnaissance in a hunt Saturday for 870 inmates who escaped prison after a sophisticated Taliban assault that even NATO conceded was a success for the militants.


 

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