More than 600 prisoners escaped during a brazen Taliban bomb and rocket attack on the main prison in southern Afghanistan that knocked down the front gate and demolished a prison floor, officials said today.

A four-day riot that left six inmates dead and exposed security failings at Afghanistan's main prison ended today after 1,300 prisoners who had run amok in their cell block surrendered to authorities.

Authorities have regained control of Kabul prison after four days of rioting that left at least six people dead, a senior Afghan official said today.

HUNDREDS of inmates, including convicted al-Qaida and Taliban militants, overpowered guards and took control of parts of a high-security prison in Afghanistan’s capital, officials said yesterday.

Terror convicts and hundreds of other inmates clashed with guards and took control of parts of a high-security prison in Afghanistan’s capital Kabul, officials said today.