Hundreds of prisoners flee before Afghan forces end Islamic State jail siege

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Afghan security forces arrive near the site of an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

Afghan security forces keep watch infront of the site of an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

Afghan security forces walk past a building where the attackers of a jail compound were hiding following the attack, in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

Men walk past damaged auto-rickshaws at the site of an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

An Afghan family leaves the site of attacks in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

A member of Afghan security forces inspects the site of an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

Afghan security forces keep watch at the site of an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

Afghan security forces keep watch near the site of an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, August 3, 2020.

Army vehicles are parked near the site of an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

Afghan security forces inspect the site of an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

Afghan security forces keep watch near the site of an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020

Afghan security forces take position on a building where the attackers were hiding after an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

Afghan security forces inspect the site of an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

Afghan security forces take position on a building where the attackers were hiding after an attack on a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan August 3, 2020.

Afghan security forces transport detained prisoners who escaped from a jail after insurgents attacked a jail compound in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, August 3, 2020.