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Afghan troops stormed a notorious prison Friday in an assault aimed at ending a standoff sparked by a bloody escape attempt by four inmates once suspected of belonging to the al-Qaida terror organization. Explosions ripped through the area around the Pul-e Charkhi jail as troops — firing rocket propelled grenades and small arms — launched the assault just before nightfall. Soldiers reported the last holdouts in the prison were killed, bringing the day's death toll to four inmates and four guards.The standoff began in the morning when four inmates — three Pakistanis and an Iraqi — overpowered and killed a guard, then used his weapon to kill three other guards. Two of the inmates were killed. The other two remained holed up for 10 hours, taking pot shots at the hundreds of security personnel ringing the jail, keeping them from reaching three wounded soldiers trapped inside the complex. Soldiers said the last two were killed in the evening assault. But gunfire continued to ring out from the jail. One soldier involved in the fighting emerged and told reporters that the rebellion had been put down and that those involved in the jailbreak had been killed. Another soldier who called himself Zabullah later came out, still panting, and told reporters: "We killed them," but gunfire soon erupted again.
| "Nothing to worry about. Just getting them a little deader." |