Afghan forces besiege prison seized by IS

By Ahmed Sultan and Abdul Qadir Sediqi
Updated August 3 2020 - 9:56pm, first published 9:51pm
Recaptured inmates under guard after an IS attack on a prison in eastern Afghanistan.
Recaptured inmates under guard after an IS attack on a prison in eastern Afghanistan.

Afghan security forces have laid siege to a prison seized by Islamic State fighters in the eastern city of Jalalabad, with at least 24 people killed after the militants' overnight assault led to a mass jailbreak.

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