Kabul: More than 350 inmates escaped on Monday after Taliban militants attacked a prison in Afghanistan's eastern province of Ghazni, an official said.

"One militant rammed a car bomb at main gate of the prison around 2 a.m. (local time). Shortly after the blast, six militants disguised in police uniform entered the jail, assisting the inmates to leave the complex," Xinhua news agency quoted Mohammad Ali Ahmadi, deputy provincial governor as saying.