KABUL - Some university students in capital Kabul on Monday staged a protest in front of parliament house demanding swift recovery of 31 abducted passengers.

They warned to launch series of demonstrations if the government failed to take immediate action for the release of kidnapped Hazara men. The passengers were picked up from two buses nearly two months ago on the road between southern Kandahar province and Kabul in the Shahjoy district of southern Zabul province.

The men were returning from Iran when masked gunmen, believed to be members of the so-called Islamic State group, kidnapped them at gunpoint. The protesters urged the government to explore every option to ensure their safe release.

Ramazan Ali Sultan, student of law faculty, said: “We want the unity government to take action for early release of the kidnapped men.” (Pajhwok)