The Perth father of an Australian humanitarian worker kidnapped in Afghanistan has made an emotional plea for her return.
Brian Wilson is extremely worried for his daughter, named by ABC as 60-year-old Katherine, also known as Kerry, Jane Wilson.
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"Do your level best, come back safe and sound," the 91-year-old said in a video posted on Twitter.
Ms Wilson was reportedly kidnapped by armed men on Thursday at an office in the eastern city of Jalalabad in Afghanistan.
"But I presume she's a hostage, and that they'll do their best to keep her alive and not harm her, simply because they want to have something or other in return and it's not very good having a dead hostage," Mr Wilson told ABC.
"She's on the security network, it's always dangerous. There's always peril in the background.
"If she keeps her head down, and is sensible, doesn't go to places where it's a target for trouble, then she should be alright.
"You can't guarantee it, obviously, and this wasn't a good enough guarantee."
Ms Wilson had worked in the region for more than 20 years with charities related to women's rights and water security, he said.
Her Linkedin account lists her as an executive director with Zardozi, an Afghan non-governmental organisation, which on its website says it helps women in poor urban areas start small businesses selling handicrafts and clothing to shopkeepers and traders.
She was previously chief of programmes with the Danish Committee for Aid to Afghan refugees (DACAAR).
She posted on Facebook last year about the work she was doing: "We are working with Afghanistan's brave women - make today special by supporting our efforts to help them help themselves through this crowd funding site."
She was also promoting a crowdfunding site to help empower and educate Afghan women.
