This is going to be a long process but in one compound, Afghan and U.S. troops killed more than 15 Taliban while searching for escapees from the Afghan prison break the other day in Kandahar. Here's some of the story over at Breitbart:
Obviously, the last thing that NATO forces needed to be doing right now is a manhunt for prisoners and escaped Taliban but at the same time, the sooner they can catch their trail the easier it will be to hunt them down.
One of the most concerning aspects coming out of this prison break is going to be the confidence the Taliban are going to have in doing this again at other prison facilities - hopefully, NATO commanders are able to sit down with Afghan officials and review the security at every major prison that is holding Taliban.
"More than 15 insurgents were killed by Afghan National Army and coalition forces in a farming compound Saturday during a search for escaped prisoners from Kandahar City," the coalition forces said in a statement.
Afghan and foreign forces have been hunting for the Taliban inmates and other prisoners who escaped from the jail in Kandahar late Friday after comrades blew up the gates with a truck bomb.
Obviously, the last thing that NATO forces needed to be doing right now is a manhunt for prisoners and escaped Taliban but at the same time, the sooner they can catch their trail the easier it will be to hunt them down.
One of the most concerning aspects coming out of this prison break is going to be the confidence the Taliban are going to have in doing this again at other prison facilities - hopefully, NATO commanders are able to sit down with Afghan officials and review the security at every major prison that is holding Taliban.
15 Taliban militants killed in hunt for Afghan escapees+
KABUL, June 15 (AP) - (Kyodo)—More than 15 Taliban militants were killed and five arrested as security forces hunted for hundreds of militants who were broken out of a prison in southern Afghanistan, the U.S. military said Sunday.
"More than 15 insurgents were killed by Afghan National Army and coalition forces in a farming compound Saturday during a search for escaped prisoners from Kandahar City," the coalition forces said in a statement.
Afghan and foreign forces have been hunting for the Taliban inmates and other prisoners who escaped from the jail in Kandahar late Friday after comrades blew up the gates with a truck bomb.
Around 890 prisoners including about 350 militants escaped and at least nine police guards were killed, officials said.
Meanwhile, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said at a news conference in Kabul that incidents such as the jailbreak are indicative of the weaknesses of his government.
"These incidents were very unfortunate incidents indicative of the challenges that we still have, indicative of the weaknesses that we still have," he said.
Kandahar is the birthplace and once the main stronghold of the Taliban, who were ousted from power in 2001.
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