Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- A British woman has been kidnapped in Afghanistan along with two Afghan drivers and a security guard, an Afghan official told CNN Monday.
The four were kidnapped after an exchange of gunfire Sunday in the Chawkay district of eastern Kunar province, local governor Abdul Marjan Adel said.
They are being held in a "very remote area," he added.
"According to information and report we have the kidnapped people are in Dewcar valley and they are healthy," Adel said.
Provincial officials have created a council of district elders, religious scholars and provincial council members to negotiate with the abductors, he said.
Adel said he did not know who the kidnappers are.
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