Australian aid worker Kerry Jane Wilson freed after being abducted in Afghanistan

Kidnapped Australian aid worker Kerry Jane Wilson, who was abducted in Afghanistan earlier this year, has been released by her captors and is safe and well.

The 60-year-old Perth woman was abducted in April from her charity organisation's office in the eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan.

“I am relieved for Kerry Jane, and her family with whom I have remained in close contact,” Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop said in a statement this afternoon.

“I deeply appreciate the work of the authorities in Afghanistan whose support and assistance facilitated her release, as well as Australian consular staff who continue to provide assistance to Ms Wilson and her family.”

Ms Bishop said the government will not be commenting on the circumstances surrounding Ms Wilson’s release to “protect those who remain captive or face the risk of kidnapping in Afghanistan and elsewhere”.

Ms Wilson’s family has asked for privacy.