Taliban insurgents launched an attack on Tuesday morning close to the Salang Pass tunnel on the key highway from Kabul to the northern parts of the country.
According to officials, the insurgents – totalling about 20 – have since fled the area.
Reports indicate that the insurgents came in from the remote Shenwari district but then fled when security forces arrived at the scene, which is in a rugged, mountainous area.
Officials said at least one motorist was wounded in the attack.
The Salang Pass is the major mountain pass connecting northern Afghanistan with Parwan Province, with further connections to Kabul Province and southern Afghanistan.
The pass crosses the Hindu Kush mountains but is now bypassed through the Salang Tunnel, which runs underneath it at a height of about 3,400 m. It links Charikar and Kabul in the south with Mazar-e-Sharif and Kunduz in the north.
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