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An Afghan National Army soldier keeps watch outside Kandahar's main jail April 25, 2011.
Monday, Apr. 25, 2011

Open quoteThis is a blow. It's something that should not have happened.Close quote

  • WAHEED OMER,
  • spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, on the security "disaster" that took place in an overnight jailbreak in southern Kandahar as the Taliban helped almost 500 prisoners escape through a tunnel
Photo: Reuters / Stringer | Source: AFP