The Entrance Of Sarpoza Prison From The New York Post:
Kandahar, Afghanistan - The prison cells that once held Taliban sit almost empty, with little remaining except rubbish: plates of rice ready for meals never eaten, and sandals discarded by fugitives who ran away in bare feet. Some of the debris inside Sarpoza prison offer hints about what happened amid the chaos last month when the Taliban accomplished one of the largest jailbreaks in modern history, freeing at least 800 prisoners and rampaging into Kandahar without facing any serious resistance from Canadian troops or the other forces assigned to protect the city.
Details of the June 13 attack show not only why the city defenses fell apart; they also illustrate how the notorious problems of the Afghan mission - corruption, poor intelligence, a distrustful population, weak Afghan security forces, a lack of foreign troops - made the ingredients of a disaster.
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My Comment: The more that I learn about this prison break, the more that it reveals (to me) the deep social, political, and military problems of Afghanistan. I am researching a post that will examine past prison escapes and the propaganda victories that it produced for the escapees.
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