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Jalalabad Prison Secured After 18 Hours, 8 Attackers Killed
Yesterday’s attack finally repulsed. Well done, guys!
[ToloNews] Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
 local security officials on Monday said the attack on a prison and an adjacent shopping plaza in PD4 of Jalalabad city ended on Monday after nearly 20 hours with the death of 10 attackers.

At least 29 people were killed and 50 were maimed during the fighting, officials said.

Emal Niazi, Nangarhar's police chief, said that both the prison and the shopping plaza close to the prison were cleared of attackers and the area is under security forces control.

The Defense Ministry said in a statement 10 attackers were killed, five prisoners were killed by the attackers and six others maimed. Meanwhile,
...back at the barn, Bossy was furiously chewing her cud and thinking...
 40 families in a nearby building were rescued, 1,025 prisoners were also rescued, the ministry said.

According to the ministry, two security force members were also killed in the attack.

The attack began when a jacket wallah detonated a vehicle full of explosives at the entrance gate of the prison in PD4 of Jalalabad city at 6:44 pm on Sunday.

Following the blast, the attackers began fighting security forces in the prison and the nearby shopping area.

Hours before the attacks ended, the Afghan chief of army staff, General Yasin Zia, arrived in the province to lead the operation in both areas himself.

Fawad Aman, deputy front man for the Defense Ministry, confirmed that the attack had ended.

Nangarhar governor’s front man Attaullah Khogyani also announced the attack on Nangarhar prison had ended, with "at least 29 people killed and 50 maimed."

There are unconfirmed reports that ISIS has grabbed credit.

The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
 denies involvement in the attack.

The attack began on the last day of the Eid ceasefire between the Taliban and the Afghan government.


Posted by: trailing wife 2020-08-04
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