500 taliban esape through 1000ft long tunnel dug into main prison

[SubScape]

I'm so glad that i'm not in Kandahar right now.... ohh wait a minute.

Great

I know it won't be of much consolation but I hope all continues to be well where you are.

 

[EdGey]

Wonderful.

All of that work for nothing.

 

[trigger-happy]

damn 500 people. must have been one hell of a job. why didn't the guards notice?

 

[Biohazard]

I'm sure the country will be just fine when we leave it..

 

[Cosimo]

damn 500 people. must have been one hell of a job. why didn't the guards notice?

The guards probably helped dig the tunnel.

 

[RDM]

I'm sure the country will be just fine when we leave it..

The sad thing is, it will probably be no worse and that isn't a compliment to our actions there.

 

[Tefal]

it's wrong but being British I kinda think "nice one one" i think admiring escape attempts is hard-wired into us >.<

 

[trigger-happy]

The guards probably helped dig the tunnel.

LOL. must have been kebab night

 

[EdGey]

Got to hand it to them - that is impressive tbh...

I disagree.

It becomes easy when you have prison guards helping you. Also, I bet many guards saw what was going on and simply turned a blind eye.

If you want impressive, look at some of the escapes / attempted escapes that took place in ww2.

 

[Strife212]

We're having a hard enough time fighting them, surely the Afghan government is going to be crushed as soon as we leave.

 

[trigger-happy]

We're having a hard enough time fighting them, surely the Afghan government is going to be crushed as soon as we leave.

another 10 years in Afghanistan? some thing smells fishy about this break out. More evidence why the British and American military needs to stay in Afghanistan?

Also as history tells us that no one has ever defeated the taliban. Kinda worrying.

 

[rare]

Impressive. But if you want really amazing search for the story of Franz von Werra.

 

[Monkeymatt]

another 10 years in Afghanistan? some thing smells fishy about this break out. More evidence why the British and American military needs to stay in Afghanistan?

Also as history tells us that no one has ever defeated the taliban. Kinda worrying.

Considering the Taliban only became the leading power in Afghanistan after the Soviets pulled out in 1989 that isn't really a record, as we are the first to fight them

What I believe you mean is the rebellious nature of the population in Afghanistan and their fierce opposition to all invaders throughout their history.

The Americans had a chance to stop the Taliban coming to power if they had of helped the Mujahideen in 1989 but instead when the conflict ended their turned their backs on the weakened Mujahideen who simply no longer had the man power to keep control of the country leading to the Taliban taking over.

And now we are going to pay in the lives of our young servicemen for that mistake.

 

[V4NT0M]

Anybody else impressed by this?

Impressed by the incompetence of the jail...