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Government officials said that hundreds of prisoners escaped from a jail in Afghanistan's south on Monday through a tunnel dug by Taliban insurgents, Reuters reported.

Tooryalai Wesa, governor of southern Kandahar province, said 488 prisoners escaped due to the negligence of Afghan security forces at the province's main jail. He said the tunnel led to a nearby house.

The Taliban said in a statement that 541 prisoners escaped through the tunnel, which took months to construct, and were later moved in vehicles to safer locations.

The prison, touted as one of the most secure in Afghanistan, is located on the outskirts of Kandahar city.

Afghan president's chief spokesman told a news conference that the incident, in which many Taliban commanders were said to have escaped, exposed serious vulnerabilities in the Afghan government. （點擊路透社網(wǎng)站查看原文）

塔利班挖地道解救囚犯

       據(jù)路透社報道，阿富汗政府官員表示，囚禁于阿富汗南部坎大哈省主要監(jiān)獄的數(shù)百名囚犯周一通過塔利班反政府武裝秘密挖掘的一條地道成功越獄。

       坎大哈省長托里亞萊·韋薩表示，由于監(jiān)獄保安玩忽職守，488名囚犯得以逃脫。地道通向鄰近的一所房屋。

       塔利班發(fā)表聲明稱，該地道耗時數(shù)月，541名囚犯通過地道逃脫，后通過車輛被轉移到安全地點。

       此監(jiān)獄號稱阿富汗最安全的監(jiān)獄之一，位于坎大哈市郊區(qū)。

       阿富汗總統(tǒng)首席發(fā)言人在新聞發(fā)布會上表示，在這起事件中，許多塔利班指揮官得以逃脫，暴露出阿富汗政府的嚴重薄弱環(huán)節(jié)。

(China.org.cn, CNTV April 27, 2011)