Four "dangerous enemy combatants" have escaped from the main US base in Afghanistan, the US military has said.
A huge manhunt was launched around the Bagram air base, north of the capital Kabul, after the men escaped at about 0500 (0030 GMT).
The US says it is the first time any prisoner has escaped from Bagram.
Hundreds of detainees, most of them Afghan nationals but a number of senior foreign al-Qaeda suspects, are held at the detention centre.
"We have on operation to recover four individuals who escaped from our detention facility," said US military spokesman Lt-Col Jerry O'Hara. He would not say how the men escaped.
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