Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. (Source: Reuters) Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. (Source: Reuters)An Australian aid worker who was kidnapped in Afghanistan four months ago has been freed and is “safe and well”, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Monday. “I confirm that Kerry Jane Wilson, who was abducted in Afghanistan in April this year, has been released, and she is now safe and well,” Bishop said in a statement. No details were given in Bishop’s statement of when Wilson, reportedly a veteran aid worker, was released or where she was taken to safety.

Source: Indian Express August 29, 2016 05:34 UTC