Over 450 prisoners, many of them Taliban, escaped through a 1,050-foot (320 meter) tunnel dug by the Taliban to the main jail at Kandahar, Afghanistan, according to FOX News. This represents more than one-third of the inmate population at Sarposa Prison. And it is not the first time such a mass breakout has occurred; in 2008 a Taliban attack freed 900 prisoners.
"Some of the prisoners have already been recaptured," said Gov. Tooryalai Wesa of Kandahar Province, although he did not give a specific number.
3 comments:
This shows the the Afghan government cannot secure its prisoners those who were escaped from the jail are very dangerous digging of a tunnel at about 320 meters is not a work of one or two days it will take more than a few weeks so until the prisoners escape what were the secured police doing? it is very irresponsibility.
It has been part of the US counterinsurgency strategy to target these leaders. The theory being that without these rather more disciplined men the small groups of Taliban fighters loose contact with the leadership in Pakistan and are much less effective.
To "Prasad" and "Atlanta Roofing": Your insights are much appreciated. Obviously security is lax at the prison if the Taliban can dig such a long tunnel and at the same time get the word out to hundreds of people inside the prison without arousing suspicion.
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