An Indian aid worker was today abducted from Herat in Afghanistan by unidentified gunmen, days after the Indian consulate in the province was attacked.

The Indian, hailing from from Tamil Nadu, was working with an educational charity in Afghanistan and was abducted in the afternoon, according to top official sources. Confirming the abduction, a spokesperson in the external affairs ministry in New Delhi said, "An Indian national working with an NGO in Herat province of Afghanistan has been kidnapped.

Our mission is pursuing the matter with local authorities." Earlier in the day, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with the foreign secretary. The meeting assumes significance in the backdrop of the abduction of the Indian national for which no group has claimed responsibility so far.