KHUZDAR: Security forces arrested 62 Afghan nationals, including women and children, on Tuesday.

They were travelling from Quetta to Karachi without legal documents.

`Families of Afghan refugees aboard a passenger coach travelling from Quetta to Karachi were taken into custody in Khuzdar as they failed to prove their legal status,` police officer Abdul Qadir Sheikh told Dawn.

Sources said that security personnel intercepted the coach af ter receiving information about the illegal travel.

The detained people were taken to a police station and a case was registered against them under the Foreigners Act.