500 Taliban Fighters Tunnel Out of Jail

Tuesday, 26 April 2011 | by Pat's Picks

Jail break. The New York Post has the details of an elaborate escape plan that led 500 Taliban fighters out of jail in Afghanistan via a 1000-foot, hand-dug tunnel. The plan took months and is straight out of an action movie. Prisoners began digging a hole in their cell, concealing their work with prayer rugs. At the same time Taliban fighters were digging another hole from a house a block away from the prison.

The Daily Beast talked extensively to two of the freed Taliban fighters about how their escape plan was hatched.