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More than 30 rescued in Afghan raid on Taliban prison

Other News Materials 19 November 2017 18:19 (UTC +04:00)
Afghan and foreign special forces raided a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province on Sunday and rescued at least 30 people
More than 30 rescued in Afghan raid on Taliban prison

Afghan and foreign special forces raided a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province on Sunday and rescued at least 30 people, according to army and provincial officials, Reuters reported.

Those rescued in the raid in Helmand’s Nawzad district included four children under the age of 12 and two policemen, the officials said. Twenty of the people had been arrested by the Taliban in connection with helping the government or were family members of Afghan army and police.

The reasons for the jailing of six of those rescued was still being investigated, said Abdul Qadir Bahadurzai, a deputy spokesman for the army’s 215th Maiwand military corps.

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