KOLKATA: An Indian woman working for an international aid group has been abducted in the Afghan capital, Kabul, her family said on Friday and her country’s foreign minister promised to do everything possible to rescue her.

Judith D’Souza, who works for the Aga Khan Foundation, is believed to have been kidnapped on Thursday night, her sister, Agnes, told reporters in her home city of Kolkata, in eastern India.

The family learned the news in a call from Indian Embassy officials in Kabul in the early hours of the morning.

Responding, Indian foreign minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted: “We will spare no effort to rescue her.” The Aga Khan Foundation is part of the Aga Khan Development Network, which has channelled nearly $750 million into Afghanistan’s reconstruction.

It said in a statement that an unnamed staff member had been abducted but provided no further details.

Published in Dawn, June 11th, 2016

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