Strike shuts down the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta in protest at the killing of Shia Muslims.

Militants gun down at least five Shia Muslims in Pakistan's western city of Quetta.

A group of heavily-armed militants shoot dead two Shia Muslims in soutwestern Pakistan

At least three members of the Shia Hazara community are killed in separate acts of violence in the Pakistani city of Quetta.

Afghan officials say 19 of the 31 Shia men kidnapped in Afghanistan in February have been released and others will be freed soon.

he Afghan government has launched another operation to free the 31 Hazara Shia Muslims who were abducted two months ago on their way to Kabul from the south.

Afghans have marched on the parliament building in Kabul, to protest the abduction and killing of Hazara Shia Muslims. Chanting slogans against terrorists, the protesters demanded an end to aggression against the Hazara community.

Afghan officials say five kidnapped local workers of an international aid group have been found dead.

Afghan officials recover the bodies of two abducted Shia Muslims in the southern province of Zabul.

Gunmen abduct six Shias from Hazara community in Afghanistan’s western province of Farah.