Taliban storm Afghan prison, free hundreds of inmates

Afghan Army soldiers stand beside the body of one of the Taliban militants after an attack on a prison in Ghazni, Afghanistan on September 14, 2015. -EPA

GHAZNI, Afghanistan: Taliban insurgents in military uniforms stormed an Afghan prison, freeing hundreds of inmates and killing several police officers in a brazen raid early Monday, officials said.

The attack in the eastern province of Ghazni was reminiscent of the last major Afghan jailbreak in 2011 when nearly 500 Taliban fighters inmates escaped from a prison in southern Kandahar province.