Armed men storm a prison in Afghan city of Jalalabad, killing at least one person and injuring 20 others
A wounded man receives treatment at a hospital after a suicide car bomb and gunmen attack in the city of Jalalabad, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on August 2, 2020
Armed men have stormed a prison in eastern Afghanistan, killing at least one person and injuring 20 others. The gunmen first set off an explosives-packed car near the prison and then opened fire on security guards at the facility in the city of Jalalabad, Attaullah Khogyani, the spokesman for the governor of Nangarhar province said.
Khogyani said the gunbattle between the Afghan security forces and insurgents were still ongoing and casualties were likely to rise.
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