Taliban prison break in Afghanistan

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Almost 500 Taliban prisoners have escaped from jail in Kandahar in southern Afghanistan. Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with Jim Sciutto of ABC News about the prison break and a previous escape from the same prison back in 2008.

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