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400 inmates break out of Pakistan prison |
April 15, 2012
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Afghan security forces arrive to the site of a battle in Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, April 15, 2012.
/ AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid
(CBS NEWS) ISLAMABAD - A bold jailbreak on Sunday by the Taliban in Pakistan's embattled northwestern province prompted fresh warnings over security conditions deteriorating rapidly in an area bordering Afghanistan.
The objectives behind the jailbreak in the city of Bannu, in the northern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, appeared to include freeing a notorious Islamic militant involved in an assassination attempt targeting Pakistan's former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf.
Altogether, approximately 400 inmates - including at least 30 men with previous record
/ AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid
(CBS NEWS) ISLAMABAD - A bold jailbreak on Sunday by the Taliban in Pakistan's embattled northwestern province prompted fresh warnings over security conditions deteriorating rapidly in an area bordering Afghanistan.
The objectives behind the jailbreak in the city of Bannu, in the northern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, appeared to include freeing a notorious Islamic militant involved in an assassination attempt targeting Pakistan's former military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf.
Altogether, approximately 400 inmates - including at least 30 men with previous record
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