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|result=Taliban victory<br><small>(500+ prisoners freed)</small>.
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The '''Sarposa Prison escape''' was an escape from the [[Kandahar detention facility]] in [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]] by [[Taliban]] insurgents on April 24-25 2011. One of the largest escape by Afghan insurgents, the raid freed 450-550 prisoners.

==Escape==

==Outcome==
In the end almost 550 of the prisoners at the facility, managed to escape.

==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{WoTPrisoners}}
{{coord missing|Afghanistan}}

[[Category:Battles of the War in Afghanistan (2001–present)]]
[[Category:Prisons in Afghanistan]]
[[Category:Kandahar]]
[[Category:Escapes]]
[[fr:Attaque de la prison de Sarposa]]
[[pl:Wyzwolenie więzienia w Kandaharze]]

Revision as of 09:08, 26 April 2011