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SelectPlusHundreds Escape in Taliban Prison AttackHundreds Escape in Taliban Prison AttackThe Associated PressA brazen bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan has freed more than 600 inmates, many of them members of the Taliban. (June 14)The destruction is evident following a brazen attack on a major Afghan prison...Using rockets and bombs -Taliban militants were able to blow down the front gate of the facility, freeing more than 600 inmates --- many of whom, officials say, have ties to the Taliban.The prison is in Kandahar --- Afghanistan's second largest city.At least nine police officers and eight prisoners were killed in the attack --- which was said to have included a truck bombing at the main gate, a suicide bomber at the back wall and rockets fired from outside. It lasted about half an hour.A Taliban spokesman claims 30 insurgents on motorbikes and two suicide bombers freed about 400 fellow Taliban members in the attack, which he says had been planned for two months. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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Uploaded: June 14th, 2008 @ 2:31 am
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