Taliban jailbreak in Ghazni frees hundreds of prisoners

Afghanistan:  Six Taliban fighters storm prison grounds and free 355 inmates, 148 of them insurgents charged with security crimes
Taliban fighters have carried out a mass jailbreak in the central Afghan city of Ghazni, freeing hundreds of prisoners and leaving security officials with the uncomfortable job of explaining how such an incident could happen once again.

The Taliban attacked the prison at 2am on Monday, firing rocket-propelled grenades at the watchtowers and sending a suicide bomber in a Toyota Corolla to blow himself up outside the prison gates, according to Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, Ghazni’s deputy governor.

Six Taliban fighters disguised in police uniforms stormed the prison grounds and freed 355 prisoners, 148 of them insurgents charged with national and international security crimes, the interior ministry said. The jail held a total of 436 prisoners.

The jailbreak appears to have been carefully planned. Ahmadi, the deputy governor, said that prior to storming the prison the insurgents attacked various locations in the city to divert security forces. He said the Taliban scattered mines around the prison to hold reinforcements at bay. - Read More at theGuardian

Taliban jailbreak in Ghazni frees hundreds of prisoners