Afghan troops retake jail attacked by IS

By Rahmat Gul and Rahim Faiez
Updated August 4 2020 - 12:31am, first published 12:29am
Afghan forces have retaken a prison in Jalalabad following a gunbattle with IS militants.
Afghan forces have retaken a prison in Jalalabad following a gunbattle with IS militants.

Afghan forces have retaken a prison in the country's east following an hours-long gunbattle a day after the facility was targeted by Islamic State militants in an attack that killed 29 people.

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