The Taliban Have Taken at Least 100 People Hostage in Northern Afghanistan, Officials Say
Women and children were among those seized during an ambush in the country's north/ (KABUL, Afghanistan) — The Taliban ambushed a convoy of busses Monday on a road in northern Afghanistan and took more than 100 people hostage, including women and children, in the latest brazen assault by insurgents, provincial officials said. The ambush came despite Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s announcement of a conditional cease-fire with the Taliban during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha this week. The fate of the abducted in Kunduz province — in an ...
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