430 Afghans, Uzbeks held

Published October 27, 2007

QUETTA, Oct 26: Around 430 Afghan and Uzbek nationals were arrested from the border town of Chaman and some other areas of Balochistan on Friday.

Sources said police and Anti-terrorist Force personnel raided several localities in Chaman and arrested 163 Afghans and Uzbeks who had entered the country illegally. Border security officials also handed over to police 127 Uzbek and Afghan nationals arrested while trying to cross the border, the Balochistan police chief said. He said 112 Afghans and Uzbeks had been arrested from Dalbandin and 59 from Mastung.

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