(CNN) Fifteen people were freed from a Taliban prison in the southern Afghanistan province of Helmand on Sunday, the international coalition said in a statement.

Afghan and coalition forces conducted the nighttime raid in Now Zad village, said US Navy Capt. Tom Gresback, a spokesman for the NATO-led mission in Afghanistan, Resolute Support.

Coalition forces accompanied Afghan commandos on the raid, which led to the capture of several Taliban members and the removal of bomb-making materials.

"The rescued Afghans were transported by helicopter to a secure location. They received medical screening and reintegration services before their release," Resolute Support said in a statement Sunday.

The rescue was a welcome development after a string of recent deadly attacks in war-weary Afghanistan . Gunmen stormed a television station in Kabul earlier this month, killing a guard and injuring five others in a siege that left the attackers dead. In October, suicide attackers in Afghanistan killed nearly 60 people at two mosques and 15 people were killed in an attack near a military academy

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