The police have intensified the operation against the illegal Afghan nationals and arrested 340 illegal Afghan immigrants during the search operations in Peshawar during the last three days.
Peshawar SSP Operations Abbas Majeed said that following the directives of the provincial government and authorities concerned, the police continued an operation against the illegal Afghan nationals in Peshawar cantonment and other localities of the city.
He said that during the three-day operation, 143 illegal Afghan immigrants were arrested from Cantt circle, 135 from city circle while 62 from rural circle.
The apprehended Afghanis were illegally residing in the provincial capital without required documents, he said.
SSP Majeed has vowed to continue the operation till clearing entire Peshawar city of the illegal Afghan citizens who pose serious security threats besides affecting the public by sharing the resources allocated to them.