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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: A desperate hunt was under way Saturday for more than 1,100 prisoners who escaped a jail in southern Afghanistan when Taliban rebels blasted it open, killing 15 guards, officials said. The Taliban said 400 of its own fighters escaped when the rebels attacked the facility here late Friday, blasting it open with suicide bombs before shooting the guards. They spent two months planning the raid, which Deputy Justice Minister Mohammad Qasim Hashimzai said was their most sophisticated yet. None of the escaped inmates has yet been caught, he added.
-- AFP
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