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14 June 2008
KABUL - More than 1,100 inmates of a prison in southern Afghanistan, including militants, escaped after a Taleban suicide attack on the building, the NATO force in Afghanistan said on Saturday.
'More than 1,100 prisoners were able to escape,' General Carlos Branco, a spokesman for the NATO's International Security Assistance Force told AFP.'Afghanistan national security forces and ISAF forces have cordoned off the area to re-establish security and recapture the escapees,' he added. snip
Afghan officials earlier said that at least 15 security guards were found dead.
A Western military official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the attack -- one of the most sophisticated in the Taleban-led insurgency -- was a major success for the rebels.