TALIBAN ATTACKS PRISON IN AFGHANISTAN: 1000 PRISONERS ESCAPE

Taliban attacks Afghan prison
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Virtually all of the inmates in Kandahar prisonare said to have escaped in the attack [File: EPA]
Taliban fighters have attacked the main prison in Kanadahar, southern Afghanistan, blasting through its entrance and engaging in a gun battle with police.Nearly all of the estimated 1,150 prisoners, including some 400 Taliban, have escaped, Afghan officials have said.

Fighters attacked the main prison in Kandahar on Friday with a car bomb and rockets, killing police and freeing prisoners, according to the officials.

A suicide car bomber blew up his vehicle at the gates of the prison, Sarwar Danish, the Afghan justice minister said.

Officials with Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said they were aware of the attack but did not have any details.