Title: Taliban Free Hundreds of Prisoners in Afghanistan

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/478/taliban_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Taliban Free Hundreds of Prisoners in Afghanistan' data-article-id='832'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6354'>Taliban fighters have raided a prison in eastern Afghanistan. </span> <span data-start-time='6354' data-end-time='14521'>Hundreds of prisoners escaped in what Afghan officials are calling a well-organized attack.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='14521' data-end-time='20208'>Officials say the attack began with a suicide car bombing. </span> <span data-start-time='20208' data-end-time='27646'>They said the explosion enabled Taliban fighters to enter the prison grounds.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='27646' data-end-time='36229'>Afghan officials said there were a total of 436 prisoners in the complex. </span> <span data-start-time='36229' data-end-time='43292'>At least 355 are said to have escaped during the attack. </span> <span data-start-time='43292' data-end-time='51750'>The government said 148 of the escapees were threats to national security.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='51750' data-end-time='62104'>An Afghan interior ministry statement says seven security guards were killed, with seven others wounded. </span> <span data-start-time='62104' data-end-time='66938'>It said that five militants also were killed.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' 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data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/478/where_did_the_attack_take_place.m4a'>Where did the attack take place?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='prison '><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/478/prison_.m4a'><span>prison </span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/478/hotel.m4a'><span>hotel</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/478/church.m4a'><span>church</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/478/school.m4a'><span>school</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=4066 data-hint-location='14521' style='display:none;'><div class='question' 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Taliban fighters have raided a prison in eastern Afghanistan. Hundreds of prisoners escaped in what Afghan officials are calling a well-organized attack.

Officials say the attack began with a suicide car bombing. They said the explosion enabled Taliban fighters to enter the prison grounds.

Afghan officials said there were a total of 436 prisoners in the complex. At least 355 are said to have escaped during the attack. The government said 148 of the escapees were threats to national security.

An Afghan interior ministry statement says seven security guards were killed, with seven others wounded. It said that five militants also were killed.

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