NEW : A Taliban spokesman claims all those captured are police . The officers are unarmed and on leave , a police chief says . Police are working with province elders to negotiate the group 's release . Mujahid described an earlier incident in a nearby area when another group of captured police officers were released from Taliban control after pledging not to work for the government again . Comment:
NEW : A Taliban spokesman claims all those captured are police . The officers are unarmed and on leave , a police chief says . Police are working with province elders to negotiate the group 's release . Comment: