Kabul, Rabi'I 22, 1437, Jan 2, 2016, SPA -- Afghan Special Forces freed 59 prisoners from a Taliban prison in southern Helmand province, the country's Defense Ministry said in a statement on Saturday. "The prisoners were released after Afghan forces conducted an air assault on a village in Nahr-e Saraj district," dpa quoted the statement as saying. Ministry spokesman Dawlat Waziri said, "Thirty-seven of the captives freed were army soldiers, seven were policemen and the rest of the captives were civilians." Afghan President Ashraf Ghani praised the Afghan Special Forces for "freeing the citizens from Taliban captivity." --SPA 20:43 LOCAL TIME 17:43 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w