KABUL (Pajhwok): A number of protesters on Saturday blocked the way leading to parliament house, demanding the release of 31 passengers kidnapped two months back from Kabul-Kandahar Highway by armed gunmen.
However, lawmakers entered the house from another gate and the session was formally initiated.
As many as 31 passengers were on their way from Herat to Kabul when armed insurgents picked them from buses in Shah Joy district of Zabul province.
Enraged demonstrators blocked the way to parliament and chanted slogans: “Terrorists . . .
