Afghan authorities are searching for about 270 inmates — most of them Islamic State fighters — who remain on the loose after escaping during a deadly prison raid.
At least 29 people were killed when Islamic State gunmen attacked the facility in Jalalabad on Sunday, with fierce fighting lasting until yesterday afternoon.
More than 1,300 inmates tried to escape, a senior Afghan security official tells AFP on condition of anonymity, but most were either swiftly re-arrested or surrendered when surrounded by security forces.
In this picture taken on August 3, 2020, Afghan soldiers walk past debris near the main entrance of a prison after a raid in Jalalabad, Afghanistan. (NOORULLAH SHIRZADA / AFP)
But some 270 prisoners are “still on the loose”, the official says. “Most of those who escaped are from ISKP,” he says, referring to Islamic State’s Afghan branch, known as the Islamic State in Khorasan Province.
— AFP
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