http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7454021.stm
So much for the Taleban being finished.Taleban jail raid frees hundreds
Afghan security forces are searching for hundreds of prisoners who escaped a jail in Kandahar, Afghanistan, after Taleban fighters blew up the main gate.
An official in the southern city told the BBC about 350 Taleban militants had got away and 15 guards were killed in the truck bomb and rocket attack.
More than 1,000 people are thought to have escaped, Kandahar provincial council head Wali Karzai said.
Nato troops are helping Afghan forces hunt for the prisoners.
A state of emergency was declared in the city, the second biggest in the country, after the attack on Friday night.
A Taleban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, told the Associated Press news agency that 30 fighters on motorbikes and two suicide bombers had attacked the prison, freeing about 400 Taleban members.
Police and troops are on the streets and all residents have been ordered to stay in their homes.
A number of high-ranking Taleban field commanders are believed to be among those who escaped.
A spokesman for Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) told the BBC there had been no news yet that any of the prisoners had been recaptured.
He said Isaf troops had helped Afghan forces cordon off the area after the attack and were using air and other resources to help track down the missing detainees.
Prison chief Abdul Qabir said some of the inmates had chosen to stay behind during the break-out. They were said to be mostly women, children and political prisoners.
Fuck Israel
