Taliban tunnel: 500 Prisoners Escape Afghanistan Jail

Nearly 500 Taliban prisoners broke out of an Afghanistan jail via a 1,000-foot-long tunnel on Monday to the dismay of peacekeeping troops in the country.
Taliban tunnel: 500 Prisoners Escape Afghanistan Jail
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<a><img src="https://www.theepochtimes.com/assets/uploads/2015/09/113153916.jpg" alt="Afghan soldiers secure the road outside Kandahar Prison following the mass escape by inmates, on April 25, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Over 450 prisoners, mostly Taliban fighters, escaped after insurgents dug a 350 metre long tunnel into the main jail. (Getty Images)" title="Afghan soldiers secure the road outside Kandahar Prison following the mass escape by inmates, on April 25, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Over 450 prisoners, mostly Taliban fighters, escaped after insurgents dug a 350 metre long tunnel into the main jail. (Getty Images)" width="320" class="size-medium wp-image-1804968"/></a>
Afghan soldiers secure the road outside Kandahar Prison following the mass escape by inmates, on April 25, 2011 in Kandahar, Afghanistan. Over 450 prisoners, mostly Taliban fighters, escaped after insurgents dug a 350 metre long tunnel into the main jail. (Getty Images)
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