Quite. Afghanistan just keeps improving by the day.
Some 500 Taleban fighters have taken over several villages in southern Afghanistan, local officials say.
The villages are in the Arghandab district, near the main regional city of Kandahar.
The reports come three days after about 350 Taleban fighters escaped from a jail in Kandahar.
Afghan and Nato officials have said they are redeploying troops to respond to "any potential threats" from the escaped rebels.
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