1,150 Prisoners, 400 Taliban Escape Afghan Prison

In a remarkable act of Afghani incompetence, Taliban terrorists were able to blow open a gate at a prison and allow inmates to escape.

Taliban insurgents blew open the gate of a main prison in the Afghan city of Kandahar on Friday, allowing hundreds of prisoners including suspected militants to escape, officials said.

Under cover of darkness, nearly all of an estimated 1,150 prisoners, including some 400 Taliban inmates, fled from the jail, two officials in the southern city of Kandahar told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

Another official said between 750 and 800 prisoners had managed to escape, adding some prisoners were killed in a gun battle between police and Taliban fighters inside the jail.

 

***UPDATE***

In a remarkable act of American judicial incompetence, the Supreme Court has set the groundwork for an equal number of prisoners to escape GITMO.