| Jalalabad prison attack | |
|---|---|
| Part of the War in Afghanistan | |
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| Location | Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan |
| Coordinates | 34°25′38″N 70°27′55″E / 34.4271°N 70.4652°E |
| Date | 2–3 August 2020 |
| Target | Jalalabad Prison |
Attack type | Suicide car bombing Mass shooting |
| Deaths | 29 |
| Injured | 50 |
| Perpetrators |  Islamic State – Khorasan Province |
The Jalalabad prison break was a coordinated attack and prison break conducted by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province (ISIS–K) on 2 August 2020 which targeted Jalalabad Prison in the provincial capital of Nangarhar Province in eastern Afghanistan. The attack, which intended to free other members of ISIS–K previously incarcerated by the Afghan government (with support from United States and NATO), has been described by counterterrorism analysts as "a highly sophisticated [...] coordinated assault" and in 2023 as "one of [ISIS–K's] most sophisticated and ambitious attacks to date."[1][2]
- ^ Jadoon, Amira; Sayed, Abdul; Mines, Andrew (January 2022). "The Islamic State Threat in Taliban Afghanistan: Tracing the Resurgence of Islamic State Khorasan". CTC Sentinel. 15 (1): 37.
- ^ Jadoon, Amira; Mines, Andrew (2023). The Islamic State in Afghanistan and Pakistan: Strategic Alliances and Rivalries. Boulder, Colorado, United States: Lynne Reinner Publishers, Inc. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-955055-85-7. LCCN 2022043167.