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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. （点击路透社网站查看原文）

塔利班挖地道解救囚犯

       据路透社报道，阿富汗政府官员表示，囚禁于阿富汗南部坎大哈省主要监狱的数百名囚犯周一通过塔利班反政府武装秘密挖掘的一条地道成功越狱。

       坎大哈省长托里亚莱·韦萨表示，由于监狱保安玩忽职守，488名囚犯得以逃脱。地道通向邻近的一所房屋。

       塔利班发表声明称，该地道耗时数月，541名囚犯通过地道逃脱，后通过车辆被转移到安全地点。

       此监狱号称阿富汗最安全的监狱之一，位于坎大哈市郊区。

       阿富汗总统首席发言人在新闻发布会上表示，在这起事件中，许多塔利班指挥官得以逃脱，暴露出阿富汗政府的严重薄弱环节。

(China.org.cn, CNTV April 27, 2011)