Taliban overruns Kandahar jail, frees hundreds of prisoners as part of offensive | WATCH

As part of its offensive against the administration in Kabul, the Taliban on Wednesday overran Kandahar jail and released hundreds of prisoners.

The Taliban has broken into the Kandahar central jail and released hundreds of incarcerated prisoners. Afghan media outlets quoted Taliban spokesperson Qari Yousaf Ahmadi to confirm that the group had managed to "conquer" the Kandahar central jail on Wednesday. This is not the first time that the Taliban has freed prisoners from the Kandahar jail, also known as Sarposa prison. A similar attack was mounted at the prison complex in 2008 and again in 2011.