The Taliban launched an attack on Tuesday in the Shahr-e-Ghulghula area of Abshar district of Panjshir province, said Azmuddin Mirzayee, the head of Panjshir's provincial council.

The area attacked is near Nuristan province and the Taliban have taken hostages, said Mirzayee. Security forces from the center of Panjshir have been sent to the area, he said.

“The Taliban have taken 10 local people hostage and have transferred them to a mosque,” said Mohammad Sahrab Sahrabi, the district governor of Abshar.

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