Afghan Taliban: "Foreign captives are well and moved to a "safe area."

A group of foreigners abducted by Taliban insurgents in eastern Afghanistan are well and have been moved to a "safe area" inside the country, a spokesman for the militants said.

The Taliban leadership will decide what to do with the group, spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid added.

Eight Turks, a Russian, a Kyrgyz man and an Afghan were seized after their helicopter made a forced landing on Sunday.
Meanwhile, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has not confirmed reports claiming that Ukrainian nationals have been abducted in Afghanistan.

The Taliban said it had captured a group of foreigners on board a helicopter that came down in a volatile region of Afghanistan, though there were widely differing accounts of the nationalities of the passengers."Mujahideen immediately surrounded the chopper, detained (the) foreigners aboard and completely destroyed the helicopter ... by setting it alight," Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in an emailed statement on Monday.

He said nine Americans wearing military uniforms and two translators were inside, though statements about security incidents from the militant group often prove to be inaccurate.

The website of Afghanistan-based Khorasan says it transports troops, civilians and cargo.