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KABUL, DEC. 18. Afghan troops stormed a notorious prison in a hail of gunfire and rocket-propelled grenades, ending a 10-hour standoff that began when four inmates once suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda tried to escape. Four inmates and four guards were killed in the violence. Explosions rocked the crumbling, overcrowded Pul-e Charkhi jail — which holds Taliban and Al-Qaeda suspects as well as common criminals — as troops launched the assault just after nightfall. The standoff began in the morning when four inmates — three Pakistanis and an Iraqi — used razors to attack a guard leading them to morning prayers. They took his AK-47 rifle, then beat and stabbed him to death. A gunbattle ensued killing three guards and two of the would-be escapees. — AP
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