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Afghan official: 870 inmates escaped from prison

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US and NATO troops aided Afghan forces with reconnaissance in a hunt Saturday for 870 inmates who escaped prison after a sophisticated Taliban assault that even NATO conceded was a success for the militants.

 

A roadside bomb, meanwhile, killed four US Marines sent to southwestern Afghanistan to help train the country's fledgling police. (AP)

 

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