India aid worker freed in Afghanistan rescue operation

<div class="story-body__introduction"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8QfJDB6j6_pziCBMZxg7VRo2OwBBtGNcIaXV6ltBQcsI5JDmpYHs-G83LbdLn0EpufscyANZ33vgS0w6EZNxOhBNkIzAyBMj4QU98Z2t23fe-83VrU-35o03tj_vV2rw0G54Q-1bHJEM/s1600/bbc_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="223" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV8QfJDB6j6_pziCBMZxg7VRo2OwBBtGNcIaXV6ltBQcsI5JDmpYHs-G83LbdLn0EpufscyANZ33vgS0w6EZNxOhBNkIzAyBMj4QU98Z2t23fe-83VrU-35o03tj_vV2rw0G54Q-1bHJEM/s400/bbc_001.jpg" width="400" /></a></div> <span style="font-size: large;">An Indian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan more than a month ago has been rescued unharmed, officials say. </span></div> <div class="story-body__introduction"> <br /></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Judith D'Souza, 40, was working for the Aga Khan Foundation when she was abducted at gunpoint near her home in the Afghan capital, Kabul, on 9 June.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">No details have been given about the rescue operation and officials have not said who the hostage takers were.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">"Judith D'Souza is with us - safe and in good spirits," Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj said on Twitter. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Ms D'Souza is travelling back to India with her country's ambassador to Afghanistan and is due to reach Delhi on Saturday evening, Ms Swaraj added.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Jerome D'Souza, a family member, tweeted that the "family's joy knows no bounds".</span><br /> <span style="font-size: large;">Kidnapping is a significant problem in Afghanistan. Most of those abducted have been Afghans but foreign aid workers have increasingly become targets. </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">After Ms D'Souza's abduction, police in Kabul told foreigners living outside secure compounds to travel with guards.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-size: large;">The aid worker was the latest of several Indians to be taken. In June 2014, Father Alexis Prem Kumar, a Roman Catholic priest from India, was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in the city of Herat. He was<a class="story-body__link" href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-31582002"> freed in February 2015</a>, but details of his release were not disclosed.</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-size: large;">At least four Indians have been released from captivity in the past 13 years in Afghanistan. They include two construction workers who were kidnapped and released in December 2003.<br /><br />source : http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36873512</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /> <br /> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=7740731512343197842&postID=2721791419616246630&target=facebook" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjb9D-FSm0nKiyuTlyRpu0R4Zhxr1_BNi6bSUbUybb1vB5hfZLL7U3n3zXPJ6gzMa_TRViO3Csb0a_R4lJD_vsp_1LOH4DTT3_NXIvhBfa8Tw5cHwXr3dbq4jXcjU8rdft9EG_HuDNgBK8/s1600/sharefb185.png" /></a> <a href="http://www.blogger.com/share-post.g?blogID=7740731512343197842&postID=2721791419616246630&target=twitter" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgRh49Ak1XO90FTppe5zEebPxluKZmn2rMqXCtALYGHEhX3Zu3CXOnMOSKGQxC7lj65fNzRY533oW_XkqWcZDZ29C6byBHUoD5ydkuypDYgADfakKZ-_I3cmZa5MtMWhF0SCIJ8B406Q/s1600/sharetw185.png" /></a></div> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />

Global News India aid worker freed in Afghanistan rescue operation

An Indian aid worker kidnapped in Afghanistan more than a month ago has been rescued unharmed, officials say.  Judith D'Souza, 40...

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