LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- More than 100 detainees, including security personnel and civilians, were set free Monday from a Talian detention center in the restive Helmand province.
Spokesman for the provincial government Omar Zawak said the liberation came after the government forces overrun the center earlier in the day.
"Units of Special Forces stormed Taliban bastion in Marja district and after capturing a detention center of the insurgents, they freed 101 detainees including civilians and security personnel Monday morning," Zawak told Xinhua.
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