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Meanwhile it appears some really dangerous prisoners have escaped from another prison. This was a break in not break out, dug from the outside!
Afghanistan: Hundreds escape from Kandahar prison
The prison is under the control of Afghan security forces
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More than 470 inmates at a prison in southern Afghanistan have escaped through a tunnel hundreds of metres long and dug from outside the jail.
Officials in the city of Kandahar said that many of those who escaped were Taliban insurgents.
The Kandahar provincial governor's office said some had since been recaptured but gave no further details.
A spokesman for the Taliban said it had dug the 320m (1,050ft) tunnel and that it had taken five months to construct.
Zabiullah Mujahid said about 100 of those who escaped were Taliban commanders, and most of the others were fighters with the insurgency.
Correspondents say the Taliban often make exaggerated claims.
"A tunnel hundreds of metres long was dug from the south of the prison into the prison and 476 political prisoners escaped last night," said prison director General Ghulam Dastageer Mayar
Afghanistan: Hundreds escape from Kandahar prison
The prison is under the control of Afghan security forces
Continue reading the main story
More than 470 inmates at a prison in southern Afghanistan have escaped through a tunnel hundreds of metres long and dug from outside the jail.
Officials in the city of Kandahar said that many of those who escaped were Taliban insurgents.
The Kandahar provincial governor's office said some had since been recaptured but gave no further details.
A spokesman for the Taliban said it had dug the 320m (1,050ft) tunnel and that it had taken five months to construct.
Zabiullah Mujahid said about 100 of those who escaped were Taliban commanders, and most of the others were fighters with the insurgency.
Correspondents say the Taliban often make exaggerated claims.
"A tunnel hundreds of metres long was dug from the south of the prison into the prison and 476 political prisoners escaped last night," said prison director General Ghulam Dastageer Mayar