Afghan official says Taliban abducted 26 peace activists

The Taliban ambushed a peace convoy in western Afghanistan and abducted 26 activists, members of a peace movement, a police spokesman said Wednesday.The insurgents staged the ambush in the district of Bala Buluk in Farah province on Tuesday.The Taliban forced the six-vehicle convoy to a halt, then got into the cars and drove them and the activists to an unknown location, said the provincial police spokesman Mohibullah Mohib.