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More than 150 inmates of the provincial jail here escaped when suspected Muslim rebels stormed the facility in a pre-dawn raid yesterday, killing one guard, authorities said.
A two-hour firefight broke out when more than 100 armed men, believed to be members of the extremist Bangsamoro Islamic Freedom Fighters (BIFF), attacked the jail at about 1 a.m., according to jail authorities.
The Taliban militants suffered heavy casualties in the ground and airstrikes conducted by the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF) in southern Uruzgan province.
According to the local security officials, the militants suffered the casualties in the past 24 hours in the vicinity of the strategic Tarinkot city, the provincial capital of Uruzgan.
Officials say that at least four soldiers have been killed in a border skirmish between Azerbaijan and Armenian troops.
Azerbaijan’s Defense Ministry said one of its troops had been killed in combat.
Several residents of the Helmand province in Afghanistan have picked up arms against Taliban in a bid to defend their province and support the security forces.
According to the members of the uprising forces, the number is at least 500 and they are from different districts, reports the Tolo News.
Myanmar government forces have started launching attacks on the headquarters of the military wing of one of the country’s ethnic rebel groups, the group said on Saturday.
Tang San, a battalion commander with the Kachin Independence Army, said government forces have been using “fighter jets and heavy weapons continuously'’ on the headquarters in northeastern Mynamar since early Friday.