New Delhi, Jumada I 03, 1436, February 22, 2015, SPA -- Officials in New Delhi on Sunday announced that they had secured the release of the Indian head of a Jesuit organization who was abducted by the Taliban in western Afghanistan last year, dpa reported. Father Alexis Premkumar Antonysamy, Afghanistan director of the international charity Jesuit Refugee Service, was abducted on June 2 from the Saadat township in Herat province. He was visiting a school for Afghan refugee children. External Affairs Ministry spokesman Syed Akbaruddin confirmed that Antonysamy, an Indian citizen from the southern state of Tamil Nadu, had been released. The priest had reached India and arrangements were being made for him to rejoin his family soon, Akbaruddin said. The ministry declined to give details on how Antonysamy's release was secured. -- SPA 21:56 LOCAL TIME 18:56 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w