KABUL, June 13 (Reuters) - Taliban insurgents blew the entrance of a main prison on Friday in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar where several hundred suspected militants are jailed, causing an unknown number of casualties, sources said.

Some prisoners have started fleeing the prison, two officials told Reuters in Kandahar on condition of anonymity. (Writing by Sayed Salahuddin; editing by Elizabeth Piper)

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