Afghan forces raid frees 60 from Taliban prison

May 06, 2016 21:23

Afghan special forces, backed by helicopter gunships, freed more than 60 people held captive in a Taliban prison in southern Afghanistan, officials said today, in a major raid against the resurgent Islamist group.

The operation conducted yesterday in Now Zad district in the southern opium-rich province of Helmand comes in the midst of the Taliban's annual spring offensive, expected to be the bloodiest in 15 years.

"Afghan Special Forces liberated over 60 prisoners from an illegally run Taliban prison...during the cover of darkness via helicopter assault," NATO said in a statement.

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