Taliban announce release of prisoners in captured town

The Taliban say that they have captured a prison in the northern province of Jawzjan and freed hundreds of prisoners.

The militants have seized urban areas in the last 24 hours amid increasingly fierce battle with government forces - capturing Zaranj, in Nimroz province.

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(Picture: Afghan forces, Credit: EPA)