Ambush follows conditional ceasefire announcement by Afghan president Ashraf Ghani
The Taliban have ambushed a convoy of buses on a road in northern Afghanistan and taken more than 100 people hostage, in the latest assault by insurgents.
The ambush came despite the announcement by the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, of a conditional ceasefire with the Taliban during the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha this week.
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