The Sarposa Prison attack was a raid on the Sarposa Prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan by Taliban insurgents on June 13, 2008. One of the largest attacks by Afghan insurgents, the raid freed 400-1000 prisoners.[2] As of 2008, prison administration was overseen by Abdul Qabir.[2]
^Gall, Carlotta (June 14, 2008). "Taliban Free 1,200 Inmates in Attack on Afghan Prison". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-06-15.
The SarposaPrisonattack was a raid on the SarposaPrison in Kandahar, Afghanistan by Taliban insurgents on June 13, 2008. One of the largest attacks by...
The SarposaPrison tunneling escape was the escape of around 475 prisoners from SarposaPrison in Kandahar by tunnel in April 2011. The tunnel was dug...
link]", June 13, 2008 "Taliban reveal details of daring Kandahar prison escape". BBC News. April 25, 2011. "The Destruction ofSarposa". "Is the Taliban...
out of a halfway house in April 2008. On 11 July 2010, he was captured at Harbour Island, Bahamas and sent back to Seattle. The SarposaPrisonattack was...
The Destruction ofSarposa by Fred Burton and Scott Stewart, Strategic Forecasting (Stratfor) June 18, 2008 (retrieved on October 1, 2008). MIPT Terrorism...
Retrieved 7 December 2020. Burton, Fred; Stewart, Scott (18 June 2008). "The Destruction ofSarposa". Stratfor Worldview. Retrieved 7 December 2020. O'Grady,...
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border. Pakistan suspected him of having participated in a prison uprising in Pakistan where 17 people (including seven prison guards) were killed. Ghezali...
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palaces who wished to have an escape route if their domains were under attack. Prisoners have dug escape tunnels to flee captivity. In road and rail tunnels...
was held at the prison at Bagram Air Base, and given the prisoner number BT421. Chained from the ceiling, he received multiple attacks on his thighs, a...
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suffered a series of setbacks. In February 2010, India and Pakistan started peace talks for the first time since 2008 Mumbai attacks. The Taliban has strongly...
of about 37 Afghan civilians, mostly women and children, and injuring about 27 others by a United States military airstrike on November the 3rd 2008....
after he reported police corruption and someone then accused him of being a member of the Taliban. He alleges he was held for about 40 days at three different...
prisoners in an attack on SarposaPrison, Kandahar. The well-planned operation freed 1200 prisoners, 400 of whom were Taliban prisoners-of-war, causing a major...
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