KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan television on Sunday broadcast what it said was video of a kidnapped German aid worker – prompted by a man off-camera – calling for the release of prisoners, but police said Taliban militants were not behind the woman’s brazen daytime abduction.

The woman, shown sitting on the floor inside a room, her head covered with a white scarf, identified herself as Christina Meier. She said “I am OK” and then read a letter in Dari, the Afghan language, calling for the release of unknown prisoners.

She was prompted to make remarks both in English and in Dari by a man speaking in broken English.

The private Tolo TV, which broadcast the video, did not say how it obtained the material.

“I am fine. There are not threats against me. I want from my country to do what it can for my release,” she said in Dari, reading from a piece of paper, while seated, occasionally looking up toward the camera.

A male voice off-camera prompted her to say, “to help” and told her also to use the word “urgent.”

“Please help for my release, and help me,” she said.

A man, his head covered with a scarf and wearing sunglasses, appeared afterward, demanding that the Afghan government release a number of unknown prisoners. He said a member of the group would provide the government with the list. It was not known if this man was the same one speaking earlier.

“We are not bad people. We are a special network,” the man said at the end of the video. He does not identify the group or say whether it is linked to the Taliban or other insurgents operating in Afghanistan.