Prison stormed in eastern Afghanistan hours before Eid cease-fire expires, with Islamic State claiming responsibility
in 2015 freed more than 350 prisoners. That attack, too, began with a car bomb that breached the complex’s perimeter before gunmen stormed the buildings.Afghan security officials said the attack could have been carried out by a Taliban splinter group to upset the push for direct peace talks. The concern touches on questions surrounding
and the ability of Taliban political leadership in Qatar to control the group’s fighters on the ground. Both issues are becoming increasingly important in the lead-up to peace talks.The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media. The Islamic State has stepped up recruiting from within the most extreme ranks of Taliban fighters. Afghanistan’s Islamic State offshoot has claimed responsibility for several recent attacks in Kabul in which gunmen stormed buildings and held off security forces for hours, but none as complex as Sunday’s prison raid.
Jalalabad’s central prison holds Islamic State-linked fighters as well as those linked to the Taliban, but the most senior fighters from both groups are held in prisons in Kabul.Until the attack Sunday, the cease-fire announced by the Taliban to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid had largely quelled violence across Afghanistan. A handful of low-level security incidents were reported nationwide but the cease-fire was largely respected.
Before Eid, the Afghan government announced it would release 5,000 prisoners as the Taliban demanded before talks could begin. But the sides remain at odds over who should be included in the 5,000. Taliban officials are asking for 100 fighters linked to deadly high-profile attacks to be released, a move strongly opposed by government officials and international human rights organizations.
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