| Police said on Sunday they have arrested and deported 219 illegal Afghani immigrants from Balochistan. Officer Muhammad Yaqoob said the Afghans were arrested over the past 20 days. They were handed over to Afghan officials on Sunday at the Chaman border crossing. Balochistan shares a lengthy border with southern Afghanistan and illegal travel along the frontier is common. The Afghan government says it suspects that remnants of the Taliban militia are also in Balochistan, but Pakistan has denied the claim. |