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DPA
Kabul
Afghan security forces have freed 101 prisoners from three Taliban jails in three districts of the embattled southern province of Helmand, officials claimed on Monday.
The operations were conducted on Sunday night in the districts of Marja, Nawzad and Nahr-e Saraj by special units of the Afghan security forces. All freed prisoners were brought to Lashkargah, capital of Helmand.
"The freed prisoners are not identified yet," Ministry of Defence spokesman General Mohammad Radmanesh said, adding that security force members and civilians were among the freed captives.
"The Taliban suffered heavy casualties, however numbers are not clear at the moment," Radmanesh said. The Ministry of Defence says that there are possibly more Taliban prisons.
"Our effort is to free all captives immediately after we identify covert Taliban prisons," Radmanesh said.
Afghan special forces freed 60 prisoners in Helmand's Nawzad district in early May.
