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In photos: 'Afghanistan Prison Break'
By James Wray Jun 14, 2008, 15:12 GMT
An Afghan boy passes by the damaged Kandahar prison, after a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 14 June 2008. Taliban militants overran a main prison in southern Afghanistan in the early hours of 14 June 2008, killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. The commando-style attack, carried out by suicide bombers and other militants using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades, broke the entrance of Kandahar province's main jail. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
A journalist photographs the damages at the Kandahar prison, after a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 14 June 2008. Taliban militants overran a main prison in southern Afghanistan in the early hours of 14 June 2008, killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
Afghan man collects his belongings from his damaged shop after a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 14 June 2008. Taliban militants overran a main prison in southern Afghanistan on early hours of 14 June 2008 killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. The commando-style attack, carried out by suicide bombers and other militants using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades, broke the entrance of Kandahar province's main jail. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
Afghan men inspect the row of damaged shops after a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 14 June 2008. Taliban militants overran a main prison in southern Afghanistan on early hours of 14 June 2008 killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. The commando-style attack, carried out by suicide bombers and other militants using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades, broke the entrance of Kandahar province's main jail. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
Afghan Police stand at a check post inside the Kandahar prison, after a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan 14 June 2008. Taliban militants overran a main prison in southern Afghanistan on early hours of 14 June 2008 killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. The commando-style attack, carried out by suicide bombers and other militants using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades, broke the entrance of Kandahar province's main jail. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
Afghan Policeman secure the damaged Kandahar prison, after a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 14 June 2008. Taliban militants overran a main prison in southern Afghanistan in the early hours of 14 June 2008, killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. The commando-style attack, carried out by suicide bombers and other militants using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades, broke the entrance of Kandahar province's main jail. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
Afghan Police inspect the damaged Kandahar prison, after a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 14 June 2008. Taliban militants overran a main prison in southern Afghanistan in the early hours of 14 June 2008, killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. The commando-style attack, carried out by suicide bombers and other militants using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades, broke the entrance of Kandahar province's main jail. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
Afghan national Army inspect the row of damaged shops after a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 14 June 2008. Taliban militants overran a main prison in southern Afghanistan on early hours of 14 June 2008 killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. The commando-style attack, carried out by suicide bombers and other militants using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades, broke the entrance of Kandahar province's main jail. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
Afghan policemen stand outside the damaged prison after a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan, 14 June 2008. Taliban militants overran a main prison in southern Afghanistan on early hours of 14 June 2008 killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. The commando-style attack, carried out by suicide bombers and other militants using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades, broke the entrance of Kandahar province's main jail. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
Afghan Police stand outside a damaged prison after a prison break in Kandahar, Afghanistan 14 June 2008. Taliban militants overran a main prison in southern Afghanistan on early hours of 14 June 2008 killing the guards and setting hundreds of inmates including jailed Taliban comrades free, officials said. The commando-style attack, carried out by suicide bombers and other militants using small arms fire and rocket propelled grenades, broke the entrance of Kandahar province's main jail. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB
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America and NATO should just leave Afghanistan. Let the Afghanis rule themselves.
Bwaaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha.....
Incompetence [see 'NATO']
you are all idiots. these men are dangerous and should have been killed on the spot. instead they rot in cells, waiting to die. there escape is the worst thing for the afghan people! they deserve better than some religous fanatics. they want us there.
ITS THE TIME FOR AMERICA TO LEAVE THE AFGHANISTAN AND SPECIFICALLY ASIA BCOZ ASIAN ARE NOT SUCH LIKE PHALESTINIAN, IF AMERICA WILL NO LEAVE , THEN ONE THING KNOW COMING GENERATION OF THE AMERICA WILL FEEL BY TAKING THE NAME OF ASIA
i think i is a bad jail
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highly intelligentJun 14th, 2008 - 17:06:57
The taliban should have had the prisoners sent to the US and the supreme court would have just let them out. No need for escaping.
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