Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Maulvi Omar on Friday told reporters that the Taliban had freed abducted members of a jirga of Bajaur Agency's Mandal tribe. Talking over telephone, Omar said the jirga members had been released unconditionally in Ambar tehsil of Bajaur. The political administration has not confirmed the release of the 13-member jirga so far. Salarzai Tehsildar Adalat Khan told Daily Times that the political administration had no clue about the jirga members' whereabouts. Omar also said the TTP stood by its decision of not fighting security forces in Bajaur. He said the decision was made to improve law and order in the agency.