Taliban Prison Break
In what can only be classified as a major fail by the local authorities and a kick in the teeth for all the allied soldiers serving in Afghanistan hundreds of Taliban suspects escaped from the Sarpoza prison in Kandahar. A reads like a bad film script.
General Ghulam Dastgir, the governor in charge of the Kandahar jail, points to the hole which inmates used to escape April 25, 2011. Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem
General Ghulam Dastgir, the governor in charge of the Kandahar jail, points to the hole which inmates used to escape April 25, 2011. Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem 
A U.S. soldier from 1st Special Troops Battalion, Charlie Company guards the entrance of Sarpoza prison in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, August 24, 2010. Over 1000 inmates are housed at prison with about 40 percent listed as a threat to national security, Afghani police officials said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov
A U.S. soldier from 1st Special Troops Battalion, Charlie Company guards the entrance of Sarpoza prison in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, August 24, 2010. Over 1000 inmates are housed at prison with about 40 percent listed as a threat to national security, Afghani police officials said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov 
An Afghan policeman views the hole which the inmates used to escape from inside the Kandahar's main jail April 25, 2011. Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem
A view of the hole which inmates used to escape from inside Kandahar's main jail April 25, 2011. Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem
A man rides past Kandahar's main jail in Kandahar April 25, 2011. Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. REUTERS/Stringer
An Afghan National Army soldier keeps watch outside Kandahar's main jail April 25, 2011.
Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. REUTERS/Stringer
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An Afghan National Army soldier (L) keeps watch outside Kandahar's main jail April 25, 2011. Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem
A U.S. soldier sits in front of a house from inside which a tunnel was dug and used by Taliban inmates to escape from the Kandahar's main jail April 25, 2011. Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months.REUTERS/Ahmd Nadeem
U.S. soldiers and an interpreter (R) keep watch in front of a house from inside which a tunnel was dug and used by Taliban inmates to escape from the Kandahar's main jail April 25, 2011. Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. REUTERS/Ahmd Nadeem
A view of the main gate to the Kandahar's main jail April 25, 2011. Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem
A Canadian armoured vehicle is parked in front of Kandahar prison March 14, 2010. Taliban suicide bombers struck across Afghanistan's southern city of Kandahar on Saturday, killing 30 people and wounding scores in a series of strikes the militants called a message to NATO. REUTERS/Ahmad Nadeem
Afghan inmates are seen at the old part of Sarpoza prison in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, August 24, 2010. Over 1000 inmates are housed at prison with about 40 percent listed as a threat to national security, Afghani police officials said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov
A view of a cell in the new part of Sarpoza prison in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, August 24, 2010. Over 1000 inmates are housed at prison with about 40 percent listed as a threat to national security, Afghani police officials said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov
Afghan inmates work at the main gate of Sarpoza prison in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, August 24, 2010. Over 1000 inmates are housed at prison with about 40 percent listed as a threat to national security, Afghani police officials said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov
An Afghan security guard walks out from the main gate of Sarpoza prison in Kandahar city, Kandahar province, August 24, 2010. Over 1000 inmates are housed at prison with about 40 percent listed as a threat to national security, Afghani police officials said. REUTERS/Oleg Popov
A view of one of the towers at the Kandahar prison after a prison break, south of Afghanistan June 16, 2008. U.S-led and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents in a search for hundreds of prisoners, including Taliban, who broke out of jail after comrades blew up the gates, the U.S. military said on Sunday. The jailbreak in the southern city of Kandahar after dark on Friday came as violence has been intensifying in Afghanistan despite the growing numbers of foreign troops supporting the government. REUTERS/Ismail Sameem
A view of one of the towers of the Kandahar prison after a prison break, south of Afghanistan June 16, 2008. U.S-led and Afghan forces killed more than 15 insurgents in a search for hundreds of prisoners, including Taliban, who broke out of jail after comrades blew up the gates, the U.S. military said on Sunday. The jailbreak in the southern city of Kandahar after dark on Friday came as violence has been intensifying in Afghanistan despite the growing numbers of foreign troops supporting the government. REUTERS/Ismail Sameem
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