prison is under the control of the Afghan security forces more than 470 inmates in a prison in southern Afghanistan escaped through a tunnel hundreds metres long and from the have dug outside the jail.Officials in the city of Kandahar, said that many of those who escaped were rebelling Taliban.
Kandahar of provincial Governor's Office said some had recovered since then, but gave no further details.
A spokesman for the Taliban said it had the 320 m (1, 050 ft) dug tunnel and, that it is five months to construct.
Zabiullah Mujahid said about 100 of those who provide were Taliban commanders escaped, and most of the others were fighters with the uprising.
Correspondents say the Taliban often make exaggerated claims.
Second jailbreak"Tunnels hundreds of meters long from the South of the prison in the prison and 476 prisoners escaped last night, dug", said prison Director General Ghulam Dastageer Mayar.
The prison holds about 1,200 inmates
A Escapee told the BBC, that it's him about 30 minutes, the length of the tunnel to go. The flight took most of the night vehicles went and take the body to take prisoners.
It is believed that the tunnel was dug from a house outside the prison walls.
The jailbreak is the second large escape from the prison in three years.
In June 2008 a suicide bomber blew open Kandahar prison fire-prevention gates and a nearby checkpoint, liberation, about 900 prisoners, many of them suspected rebels destroyed.
After millions of pounds have been spent to update prison. A big boost in the violence of the 2008 breakout followed.
The prison is under Afghan control, but NATO led international security assistance force (ISAF) said it was prepared, if requested by the Afghan officials, provides support.
Withdrawal from Afghanistan NATO forces are preparing for the long process. The first level security is the transfer of responsibilities to local forces by July, but Kandahar belongs not to the first tranche of the provinces and cities to the Afghans are passed.
Analysts say that it only to be expected that these regions as the Taliban is intended to take it back will be once again at the Centre of insurgent activity.
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