[Tolo News] Afghanistan's Ministry of Interior sacked the Sar-e-Pul police chief and the prison director after the jailbreak on Friday in which as many as 30 Taliban gunnies escaped, the ministry said in a statement Saturday. The pair, Sar-e-Pul police chief Abdul Yaqoob Zabuli and prison director Colonel Mohammad Aslam, were also summoned to Kabul for questioning, according to the statement.
Nearly 30 inmates managed to break out of the jail in Afghanistan's northern Sar-e-Pul province after a bomb near the wall of the prison exploded on Friday. Although the guards began to shoot at the escapees and those assisting them, many still managed to flee.
Deputy provincial governor Akhtar Mohammad Khairzada told the News Agency that Dare Not be Named on Friday that 14 were re-captured but 16 others are still under police pursuit.
He also added that three inmates were killed in the gunfire following the kaboom and 28 others were maimed during the clash between the security forces and the attackers.
The Taliban grabbed credit for the attack and said more than 170 inmates managed to escape the prison.
"As a result of the attack, 170 prisoners beat feet from the prison. The mujahideen took them to a safer place. The escaped detainees include Taliban's district chiefs and other commanders," Qari Yousaf Ahmadi, a front man for the Taliban said.