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| Taliban free 350 inmates and kill police in Afghan jail raid |
| 2015-09-15 |
| [CNN] A day after the Afghan army killed dozens of Taliban fighters in military operations, a Taliban suicide squad struck back. The snuffies raided a jail in eastern Afghanistan early Monday, setting 350 inmates free, a provincial official said. They killed four coppers and maimed another seven in their attack. The Taliban fighters detonated an explosives-laden vehicle in front of the jail in the city of Ghazni, and fired rocket-propelled grenades. Then six Death Eaters dressed in Afghan police uniforms raided the jail, said Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, deputy governor of Ghazni province. Police returned fire, killing at least three holy warriors, Ahmadi said. Taliban front man Zabiullah Mujahid grabbed credit for the attack. Ten suicide fighters carried it out, three of whom died, Mujahid said. In a statement, the Taliban said that the majority of the freed prisoners were either Taliban capos and fighters or Taliban members' relatives. The Afghan Interior Ministry said more than a third of the escapees had been charged with national and international security crimes. Two-thirds had been charged with criminal offenses. |
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