The inmates in the mass prison break in the southern city of Kandahar fled through a tunnel they had dug, a Taliban spokesman says. Many of the escapees are Islamic insurgents.At least 475 inmates, many of them Islamic insurgents, escaped overnight from the main prison in the southern city of Kandahar, the spiritual home of the Taliban movement, authorities said.
At Least 475 Escape Afghanistan Prison
Los Angeles Times - Top News, Los Angeles Times
Mon, 04/25/2011 - 8:56am
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