Ms Swaraj was a conscientious woman who understood suffering and pathos and attempted in her inimitable way to mitigate them, recalls Rup Narayan Das.
Judith D'Souza was kidnapped outside her office in the heart of Kabul on June 9.
On Monday night, Swaraj came to the aid of lovers facing, or going through, a forced separation.
"I am not giving false assurance. If I had confirmation that they were killed, then definitely, I would have sought apology from their families the with folded hands and said they were killed. Their killing in such a situation in Mosul in Iraq would not have been blamed on me.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj said the government was doing everything to rescue her.
The family members said the government has reached out to them in 'our time of need and anxiety' and the external affairs minister as well as an official of the ministry had spoken to them in the past two days.
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