Outwitted by the Taliban Again

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| Mon Apr. 25, 2011 7:54 AM PDT

If it weren't for the fact that they're a gang of murderous 13th-century religious fanatics, you could almost admire the Taliban's latest prison break. Sort of embarrassing for the putative good guys, though.

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