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Insurgents tunnelled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. Credit: Reuters/Stringer By Ahmad Nadeem KANDAHAR | Mon Apr 25, 2011 2:50am EDT KANDAHAR (Reuters) - Insurgents tunneled into the main jail in Afghanistan's volatile Kandahar province on Monday, freeing hundreds of prisoners, including many Taliban commanders, a serious setback for U.S. forces who hope to start withdrawing in coming months. Tooryalai Wesa, the governor of Kandahar province, said a total of 478 prisoners managed to escape due to "negligence" of Afghan security forces. He said the start of the tunnel had been traced to a house near the prison. The prison, which is supposed to be one of the country's most secure, sits on the outskirts of Kandahar city and holds both captured insurgents and criminal prisoners. The Taliban, in its own statement, said that 541 prisoners escaped through an extensive tunnel that took months to construct, and were later moved in vehicles to safer locations. "Mujahideen started digging a 320-meter tunnel to the prison from the south side, which was completed after a five-month period, bypassing enemy check posts and (the) Kandahar-Kabul main highway leading directly to the political prison," the Taliban statement said. The Taliban said the carefully-targeted tunnel was completed late on Sunday night, with hundreds of insurgents escaping over a four-and-a-half hour period immediately afterwards. The brazen jailbreak comes months before the start of a transfer of security responsibilities from foreign to Afghan forces in several areas as part of the eventual withdrawal of the U.S-led troops from the country. Under the transition program, Afghan forces will begin by taking over from foreign troops in a few areas, but should have control of the whole country by the end of 2014. Kandahar, the spiritual birthplace of the Taliban, is not among the areas listed for the transition of forces in the first stage. "It is a major setback for the foreign and Afghan troops who have claimed gains against the insurgents recently," said Waheed Mujhda, a Kabul-based expert on the Taliban. Mujhda said it was impossible to dig a tunnel and free more than 500 prisoners without the collaboration of guards. "It is either a case of the jailers being financially motivated and being bribed or a case of them being politically motivated," he said. In 2008, Taliban insurgents blew open the gate of the Kandahar prison under cover of darkness, allowing up to a 1,000 inmates to escape including hundreds of Taliban insurgents. Days after that break, Taliban fighters seized many villages in districts close to Kandahar and appeared to threaten the city itself, with the government sending more than 1,000 extra troops from the north as reinforcements. Nearly 100 Taliban fighters were killed in the ensuing battle. (Writing by Rob Taylor; Editing by Sanjeev Miglani) World Afghanistan Tweet this Share this Link this Digg this Email Reprints We welcome comments that advance the story directly or with relevant tangential information. We try to block comments that use offensive language, all capital letters or appear to be spam, and we review comments frequently to ensure they meet our standards. If you see a comment that you believe is irrelevant or inappropriate, you can flag it to our editors by using the report abuse links. Views expressed in the comments do not represent those of Reuters. Comments (0) Be the first to comment on reuters.com. Add yours using the box above. 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