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More than 8,000 illegal Afghan citizens detained in Peshawar

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PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): More than 8,000 undocumented Afghan citizens have been arrested in Pakistan’s northwestern city of Peshawar over the past six months, police say.

Based on growing complaints of street crimes, robberies, target killings, mobile-snatching and car-lifting, the arrests were made during various search and strike operations by the police.

A report from the police department said a campaign had been launched against outlaws in cantonment and rural areason the directives of SeniorSuperintendent of Police Abbas Majeed Marwat.

It added 8 . . .

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