Taliban free 250 in jail break
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Taliban fighters disguised as police and armed with bombs broke 250 prisoners out of a Pakistan jail yesterday.
The attack in the city of Dera Ismail Khan showed the ability of the al-Qaida-linked Pakistani Taliban to strike at the heart of Pakistan’s heavily guarded prison system and walk away with dozens of senior Taliban fighters and commanders.
The overnight assault on the Central Prison took place despite reports that regional officials had received intelligence days, if not weeks, ago suggesting such an attack was imminent. Officials blamed a combination of negligence and lack of communication among security agencies.
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