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| Afghan Taliban storm Ghazni prison and free prisoners | Afghan Taliban storm Ghazni prison and free prisoners |
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| Taliban militants have stormed a jail in Ghazni, central Afghanistan, killing at least four police officers and freeing about 350 prisoners. | |
| The deputy provincial governor of Ghazni province Mohammad Ali Ahmadi said the attackers were well-organised and wearing military uniforms. | |
| One attacker blew himself up at the prison gates, he said, allowing others to force open jail cells. | One attacker blew himself up at the prison gates, he said, allowing others to force open jail cells. |
| The Taliban confirmed it carried out the attack, in the early hours. | |
| Both Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid and the deputy governor confirmed that three of the attackers were killed. | |
| The deputy governor said seven police officers were also injured. | |
| It was not immediately clear who the prisoners were nor where they had gone. | |
| In 2011, nearly 500 prisoners - including many Taliban insurgents - escaped from a jail in Kandahar city, after a tunnel hundreds of metres long was dug from the outside. | |
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