Jalalabad prison break

Jalalabad prison attack
Part of the War in Afghanistan
Location	Jalalabad, Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan
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 attack was a terrorist attack by the Islamic State – Khorasan Province targeting Jalalabad Prison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, which occurred on 2 August 2020.

Attack

On the evening of 2 August, 2020, a car bomb driven by ISKP suicide bomber Kalukettiya Purayil Ijas drove into the front gate of the prison and detonated. Following its detonation, 16 ISKP fighters stormed into the prison and began to free and release prisoners. The prison held 1,793 inmates consisting of captured Taliban and ISKP fighters. The attack on the prison lead to a 20-hour gunbattle that left 29 dead including five inmates that were killed by ISKP and 50 injured, 10 ISKP fighters were also killed in the gunbattles. During the attack, ISKP managed to free 1,025 prisoners of whom 270 remain were never recaptured.

See also

• List of terrorist incidents linked to Islamic State – Khorasan Province
• 2013 attack on Indian consulate in Jalalabad
• 2015 Jalalabad suicide bombing
• 2019 Jalalabad suicide bombing
• International military intervention against ISIL
• July 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing
• List of prisons in Afghanistan
• List of terrorist incidents linked to ISIL
• Sarposa prison attack of 2008
• Save the Children Jalalabad attack
• September 2018 Jalalabad suicide bombing