KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Five civilians were freed from a Taliban prison after the Afghan army waged an operation overnight in northern Kunduz province, authorities said Friday.

"Special Operations Forces of Afghan National Army (ANA) waged an operation and freed five countrymen from a Taliban prison in Chahar Dara district, Kunduz province Thursday night," Hanif Rezai, spokesman of army Corps 209 Shaheen based in the region, told Xinhua.

Rezai added that four militants were detained following the raid and no shoot was fired during the operation.

The freed people were shifted to an army base for identification processing, he added.

Late last month, 38 civilians and several Afghan soldiers were freed by the army from a Taliban detention center in southern Helmand province.

The Taliban militant group has not made comments on the report yet.