Afghan Officials: Taliban Take at Least 100 People Hostage

Afghan residents walk near destroyed houses after a Taliban attack in Ghazni on Aug. 16, 2018. Zakeria Hashimi/AFP/Getty Images

KABUL, Afghanistan—Afghan officials say the Taliban have taken more than 100 people, including women and children, hostage in an ambush in the country’s north.

This comes despite President Ashraf Ghani’s call for a cease-fire with the Taliban during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha.