8 Afghans held in Chaman

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QUETTA, April 12: Eight Afghan nationals were arrested in Chaman on Tuesday for illegally entering Pakistan.

“They entered Pakistan from the Chaman border without legal travel documents,” an official of the Federal Investigation Agency said, adding that they had been booked under the Foreigners' Act.

Meanwhile, Pakistani border authorities handed over 55 Afghan nationals to their country's authorities in Spin Buldak.

They had been released from different jails in Balochistan after completing their sentences awarded for illegally entering the country.

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