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, was working for the Aga Khan Foundation when she was abducted at gunpoint near her home in the Afghan capital, Kabul…

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