Alexis Prem Kumar

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  Archbishop Meets Father Prem Kumar; Expresses Joy Over his Return

  Delhi Archbishop Anil JT Couto today met Father Alexis Prem Kumar and his family members and expressed joy over his safe return to India, eight months after he was kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan.

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  PM Modi Saved Me, Says Jesuit Aid Worker Released From Taliban Captivity

  Father Alexis Prem Kumar, the head of a Jesuit organization, who returned to India nearly nine months after his abduction in Afghanistan, gave the credit of his return to Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying that it was because of him that he was here.

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  Jesuit Aid Worker Abducted by Taliban in Afghanistan Released

  The Indian government has secured the release of Fr Alexis Prem Kumar Antonysamy, the head of a Jesuit organisation who had been kidnapped by the Taliban while being involved in charity work in Afghanistan eight months ago. He is likely to reach India this evening.

• India Confident of Rescuing Kidnapped Aid Worker in Afghanistan

  Abducted in Afghanistan, Indian aid worker Alexis Prem Kumar is safe. India is confident of getting him rescued unharmed soon, according to a top Indian diplomat in Kabul.

• PM's Letter to Jayalalithaa on Indian Kidnapped in Afghanistan: Full Text

  Prime Minister Narendra Modi has assured Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa that "the government will spare no effort" to ensure the earliest release of Father Alexis Prem Kumar who was kidnapped in Afghanistan a few days ago.

• PM Writes to Jayalalithaa About Father Kumar, Kidnapped in Afghanistan

  In a letter to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, the Prime Minister has assured her that "the government will spare no effort" to ensure the earliest release of Father Alexis Prem Kumar who was kidnapped in Afghanistan a few days ago.

• Afghan Government Has "Concrete Leads" on Kidnap of Alexis Prem Kumar

  The Ministry of External Affairs on Friday said that the Afghan government has got some "concrete leads" in connection with the abduction of Indian aid worker Alexis Prem Kumar in Herat five days ago. Investigations have been on in the case in which three Taliban militants have been arrested.

• Jayalalithaa Seeks PM's Intervention to Secure Release of Indian Abducted in Afghanistan

  Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi today seeking his intervention in securing the release of an Indian aid worker from Tamil Nadu who was abducted from Herat in Afghanistan on June 2.

• Afghanistan: Kidnapped Indian National's Brother Issues an Appeal

  Anxiety and fear continue for the second day at Devakottai, the hometown of Father Alexis Prem Kumar in Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga district.

• Indian National, Kidnapped in Herat, Located, Say Afghan Sources; 1 Arrested

  The Afghanistan forces have arrested a man in connection with the abduction of 47-year-old Indian national, Father Alexis Prem Kumar Antonysamy. Sources in the Afghanistan Police, meanwhile, said Father Kumar has been located in the Gilan district of Herat, the capital of the western province of the same name.

• Indian Jesuit NGO Director Taken Hostage in Afghanistan

  Jesuit Father Alexis Prem Kumar Antonysamy has been identified as the Indian national kidnapped in Afghanistan on Monday. He is the country head of Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS) - an international NGO in Afghanistan.