In their biggest prison break since 2008 , nearly 500 Afghanistani detainees ( mostly Taliban members)escaped from the Sarposa Prison through an underground tunnel , dig from the exterior . Now the U.S. military machine is look for high and low-spirited , go for to corral the escapee back in . The demented affair is that they built this long burrow using nothing but canonic tools — no machinery .
UPDATE : Two of the imprisoned Taliban members let out all about their escapethrough the underground burrow .
https://gizmodo.com/taliban-prison-breakers-interviewed-5795541
According to Al Jazeera , Taliban spokesperson Zabiullah Mujahid say that a group on the outsidespent five calendar month digging a 320 meter tunnelthat circumvent numerous security checkpoint ( the length of the tunnel deviate between 320 and 360 meter in unlike news report ) . Here ’s The Atlantic’saccount of the leak :
The militants launch the dig from a house “ within shooting distance of the prison guard towers , ” the AP notes , but it ’s not percipient whether they be in the house as the dig continued . The mind of Kandahar ’s prison toldThe Guardianthat retrace the tunnel must have been exceedingly labor - intensive give that the Taliban had to refrain from using arduous machinery that could attract attention to its exertion .
From the Times :
At 11 p.m. Sunday , three Taliban prisoner , who he enjoin were the only ones who jazz , “ last from cell to cell waking multitude and guiding each of them to the burrow . ”
“ More Taliban were on paw as the prisoners emerge from the dirt and dust of the tunnel to guide the dazed prisoners to waiting vehicles . Also on mitt were Taliban fighters and self-annihilation bombers in face the security measures effect woke up and there was a scrap .
The actual escape begin around 11 pm , when imprisoned Taliban members who had find copies of the cellular phone keys began guiding prisoners to the burrow . The walk of life through the tunnel aim over 30 transactions and when they emerged from the burrow , they were charter off in wait vehicles . Around 4 am , security measure sentry go discovered they had elude ( Taliban official claim they did n’t discover until 7:30 am ) .
The 2008 evasion free more than 1200 prisoners ( and 350 Taliban members ) , but relied on a less stealth method in the shape of a surprise flack on the prison . In that instance , 30 insurgency stormed the prison house , which entirely get guards by surprisal , creating an environment of pandemonium . This time around , the escape valve become altogether undetected , conduce some to believe some of theprison guards were involved . [ NYTviaThe Atlantic ]
[ Image via Allauddin Khan / Associated Press ]
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