Fighting resumes in Afghan prison

A spasm of violence broke a fragile truce at Kabul’s main prison as rioting inmates tried to push down a gate and police fired on them, killing one and injuring three, officials said.

A spasm of violence broke a fragile truce at Kabul’s main prison as rioting inmates tried to push down a gate and police fired on them, killing one and injuring three, officials said.

Outside the jail, women beat the ground as their children wailed, fearful loved ones have been killed in the three-day standoff.

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