Afghanistan: Taliban ambushes buses; takes over 100 people hostage

(G.N.S) DT.20 The Taliban ambushed a convoy of buses today on a road in northern Afghanistan and took more than 100 people hostage, including women and children, in the latest brazen assault by the insurgents, provincial officials said. The ambush came despite Afghan President Ashraf Ghani’s announcement of a conditional ceasefire with the Taliban