The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) is working to verify reports an Australian woman has been kidnapped in Afghanistan.
"The Australian embassy in Kabul is making urgent enquiries into reports an Australian has been kidnapped in Kabul," a DFAT spokeswoman said in a statement.
"Due to the nature of the incident we will not be commenting further."
Australian officials warned in September the "kidnapping of Westerners is a serious threat throughout Afghanistan".
"We continue to see reports terrorists are planning to kidnap Westerners, including in Kabul and surrounding districts. Aid workers, journalists, and employees of foreign companies could be kidnap targets," a DFAT advisory said.
Another Australian aid worker, Katherine Jane Wilson, was rescued by Afghan special forces in late August.
She had been abducted by unidentified masked gunmen from Jalalabad near the border with Pakistan in late April.
Afghanistan's capital Kabul is plagued by organised criminal gangs who stage kidnappings for ransom, often targeting foreigners and wealthy locals, and sometimes handing them over to insurgent groups.
With AFP.