The Taliban in Afghanistan say they have captured a prison in the northern province of Jawzjan and freed all of the prisoners.
Video on social media shows hundreds of inmates leaving the prison in the city of Sheberghan on Saturday after the insurgents launched an attack.
The Taliban have taken control of the city, making it the second regional capital to fall to the militants.
It is a major blow to security forces, as battles escalate across the country.
Sheberghan is a stronghold of the former Afghan vice-president, Abdul Rashid Dostum, whose supporters have been leading the fight against the insurgents.
