Taliban insurgents stormed a prison in the central Afghan city of Ghazni early on Monday, killing police and releasing many prisoners, Afghan police told media.

A Reuters reporter at the scene saw the bodies of two men who appeared to be suicide bombers and a blown-up car that had apparently been used to destroy the main entrance of the jail.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid saying that gunmen and the bombers attacked the prison at 2 a.m. (2200 GMT Sunday) and freed all prisoners, Reuters also said.

Security officials would not confirm how many prisoners were in the jail or the number of casualties, the Reuters agency added.

(With inputs from Reuters)