Kabul , Afghanistan ( CNN ) -- Taliban fighters kidnapped 50 people -- including police officers -- in northeastern Afghanistan on Sunday , police said . The officers were among a group of people in four vehicles traveling in the Chapa Dara district , said Kunar province Police Chief Khalilullah Zaiyee . The captured were unarmed and on leave , he said . A Taliban spokesman said there were no civilians among the group captured . `` We have got documents and evidence that shows all the 50 captured people are policemen and they have also ( confessed ) during the investigations too , '' Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told CNN . `` We will take a decision about the captured policemen according to the situation and enemies ' actions . '' 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 . Police were working with province elders and religious scholars to negotiate the group 's release , Zaiyee said .
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 . Their capture is in Kunar province 's Chapa Dara district .