Afghan troops retake prison attacked by IS group; 29 killed

(AP) — Afghan forces have retaken a prison in the country’s east targeted by the Islamic State group the previous day in an attack that killed at least 29 people.

The prison is believed to be holding hundreds of IS members. The attack began on Sunday.

By Monday afternoon, the Afghan military said it had retaken the prison in Jalalabad, the capital of Nangarhar province. It’s located some 115 kilometers, or 70 miles, east of Kabul. By Monday afternoon, IS militants were still firing on Afghan forces from a nearby residential neighborhood.

The attack highlighted the challenges ahead for Afghanistan, even as U.S. and NATO forces withdraw following the U.S.-Taliban peace deal.