Escape from Kandagar

The militants of the Taliban movement on Friday blew up the entrance to the main prison of the city of Kandahar, the largest in the south of Afghanistan. As a result, almost all 1150 prisoners, including 400 Taliban, fled, reports Reuters with reference to representatives of local authorities.

The suicide bomber blended a car filled with explosives at the gates of the Sarpoz prison. According to eyewitnesses, after the explosion, about 30 motorcyclists armed with grenade launchers and machine guns drove up to the prison building. After a 20-minute shootout in the prison building, the prisoners managed to flee. All guards were killed and buried under the wreckage.

An unnamed source said that the militants also released several missiles on the prison building built from clay.