In photos: 'Afghanistan Prison Break Aftermath'

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By James Wray Jun 15, 2008, 19:34 GMT

Afghan policemen stand amidst the debris of damaged Kandahar prison, in Kandahar Afghanistan 15 June 2008. US-led coalition forces killed 15 insurgents during a search for hundreds of escaped prisoners including Taliban fighters after a prison break in southern Afghanistan, the US military said on 15 June 2008. The chief of the military prosecution office in Kandahar, General Mohammad Sadiq Shinwari, said 892 prisoners including 389 jailed Taliban members escaped on 14 June 2008 when Taliban fighters including suicide bombers and other insurgents using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the Kandahar city Saposa prison. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB

Afghan National Army hunt for escapted inmates of Kandahar prison, in Kandahar Afghanistan 15 June 2008. US-led coalition forces killed 15 insurgents during a search for hundreds of escaped prisoners including Taliban fighters after a prison break in southern Afghanistan, the US military said on 15 June 2008. The chief of the military prosecution office in Kandahar, General Mohammad Sadiq Shinwari, said 892 prisoners including 389 jailed Taliban members escaped on 14 June 2008 when Taliban fighters including suicide bombers and other insurgents using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the Kandahar city Saposa prison. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB

Afghan police frisk a man at a road side check point for the hunt of escaped inmates of Kandahar prison, in Kandahar Afghanistan 15 June 2008. US-led coalition forces killed 15 insurgents during a search for hundreds of escaped prisoners including Taliban fighters after a prison break in southern Afghanistan, the US military said on 15 June 2008. The chief of the military prosecution office in Kandahar, General Mohammad Sadiq Shinwari, said 892 prisoners including 389 jailed Taliban members escaped when Taliban fighters including suicide bombers and other insurgents using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the Kandahar city Saposa prison. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB

Afghan police frisks a man at a road side check point for the hunt of escaped inmates of Kandahar prison, in Kandahar Afghanistan 15 June 2008. US-led coalition forces killed 15 insurgents during a search for hundreds of escaped prisoners including Taliban fighters after a prison break in southern Afghanistan, the US military said on 15 June 2008. The chief of the military prosecution office in Kandahar, General Mohammad Sadiq Shinwari, said 892 prisoners including 389 jailed Taliban members escaped when Taliban fighters including suicide bombers and other insurgents using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the Kandahar city Saposa prison. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB

A Canadian soldier of NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) stand guard at a checkpoint in Kandahar Afghanistan 15 June 2008. US-led coalition forces killed 15 insurgents during a search for hundreds of escaped prisoners including Taliban fighters after a prison break in southern Afghanistan, the US military said on 15 June 2008. The chief of the military prosecution office in Kandahar, General Mohammad Sadiq Shinwari, said 892 prisoners including 389 jailed Taliban members escaped when Taliban fighters including suicide bombers and other insurgents using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the Kandahar city Saposa prison. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB

Afghan police check vehicles at a road side check point for the hunt of escaped inmates of Kandahar prison, in Kandahar Afghanistan 15 June 2008. US-led coalition forces killed 15 insurgents during a search for hundreds of escaped prisoners including Taliban fighters after a prison break in southern Afghanistan, the US military said on 15 June 2008. The chief of the military prosecution office in Kandahar, General Mohammad Sadiq Shinwari, said 892 prisoners including 389 jailed Taliban members escaped when Taliban fighters including suicide bombers and other insurgents using small arms and rocket-propelled grenades stormed the Kandahar city Saposa prison. EPA/HUMAYOUN SHIAB

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