12 escape jail via cell tunnel
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November 29, 2009, Sunday
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A DOZEN prisoners escaped jail through a tunnel they dug from their cell to the outside in western Afghanistan, police said yesterday.
Those who escaped from Farah prison overnight included low-level Taliban militants, drug dealers and other minor criminals, said Farah province police chief General Mohammad Faqir Askar.
A 13th prisoner arrested during his attempted escape said the tunnel took 10 days to dig and the plan was to slowly empty the prison overnight, Askar said. More than 300 inmates were held in the prison, which was built to hold about 80, he said.
Afghanistan's overcrowded prisons have been plagued by problems as the country tries to establish a justice system amid ongoing conflict.
In the main jail in Kabul, prisoners took control of entire cell blocks last year before being pushed back. Taliban militants launched an assault on a prison in the city of Kandahar in June 2008 that freed 900 inmates.
Those who escaped from Farah prison overnight included low-level Taliban militants, drug dealers and other minor criminals, said Farah province police chief General Mohammad Faqir Askar.
A 13th prisoner arrested during his attempted escape said the tunnel took 10 days to dig and the plan was to slowly empty the prison overnight, Askar said. More than 300 inmates were held in the prison, which was built to hold about 80, he said.
Afghanistan's overcrowded prisons have been plagued by problems as the country tries to establish a justice system amid ongoing conflict.
In the main jail in Kabul, prisoners took control of entire cell blocks last year before being pushed back. Taliban militants launched an assault on a prison in the city of Kandahar in June 2008 that freed 900 inmates.
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