Afghan Officials: Kidnapped Australian Aid Worker Rescued

Authorities in Afghanistan say security forces have rescued an Australian aid worker, four months after she was kidnapped at gunpoint from her office in the country’s east. Two armed men posing as Afghan intelligence officers abducted Kerry Jane Wilson, 60, in April from the office of her charity in Jalalabad, capital of the troubled Nangarhar province. The Afghan intelligence agency, National Directorate for Security (NDS), said Monday special forces staged the overnight rescue...

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