The Great Escape (Afghanistan Style): 500 Taliban Prisoners On Loose After Insurgents Dig 1,000 Ft Tunnel INTO 'High Security' Jail -- The Daily Mail
* 1,000ft tunnel constructed over more than five months
* Prisoners took more than four-and-a-half hours to escape
* They had obtained copies of cell keys ahead of breakout
* Fleet of cars met them when they emerged from tunnel
The Taliban has staged a jail-break from a high security prison in Afghanistan, freeing 541 prisoners through a network of tunnels that took five months to dig.
In scenes reminiscent of war film The Great Escape, insurgents constructed a 1,050-foot (320m) route into Sarposa Prison, in Kandahar.
Diggers finally broke through into the site last night and hundreds of prisoners, including around 100 Taliban commanders - streamed through the tunnel to freedom over four-and-a-half hours.
They were met by a fleet of cars which whisked them away to freedom. The breakout was completed at around 3.30am.
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