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Taliban Intelligence Chief Escapes From Prison

The Pakistani Ummat website:
The Pakistani Ummat website reported Tuesday that Taliban's Intelligence chief, Mullah Dawood, and two other Taliban commanders have fled Pul-e-Charkhi prison, a large detention centre in east of the capital, Kabul. According to the report, the incident was discovered by prison guards nine days after the three men had escaped. The article also mentioned that the Afghani President Hamid Karzai had recently signed Dawood's execution order.

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