with weapons to fight the Soviet-backed Afghan government. Operation Cyclone is regarded as contributing to the start of militant activities in Pakistan's tribal areas. In the past, American drone attacks in Pakistan often targeted members of militant groups (the Haqqani network, Hezb-e-Islami, the Taliban, al-Qaida, Chechens and the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan) hiding in Pakistan's bordering tribal areas, near Afghan refugee camps. Several Afghan refugees have been charged by Pakistani authorities with terrorism-related activities in Pakistan. The 2009 Lahore police academy attacks, blamed on the Pakistani militant groups (Fedayeen al-Islam and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan), involved one Afghan who received a 10-year sentence. In the 2011 Dera Ghazi Khan bombings, a teenaged Afghan boy (Fida Hussain) from the tribal areas was arrested as a suspect. A group of militants was involved in the 2015 Camp Badaber attack. Several Afghans have been captured while attempting to recruit and smuggle people for militancy in Afghanistan. Rehman Malik, the former interior minister of Pakistan has commented this about Afghan refugees: After the December 2014 Peshawar school massacre, Pakistani authorities cracked down on Afghan refugee settlements to apprehend illegal immigrants. At least 30,000 Afghans left for Afghanistan, of whom nearly 2,000 were forecully sent there due to a lack of legal documentation. In February 2015, over 1,000 Afghans per day were reportedly returning to Afghanistan at Torkham Crossing. By September 2015, over 137,000 Afghans had returned to Afghanistan. Notable past residents Abdul Ahad Karzai, former politician in Afghanistan Afghan Girl, appeared on the June 1985 cover of National Geographic Aqeela Asifi, educator and winner of 2015 Nansen Refugee Award Aryana Sayeed, Afghan singer Hamid Karzai, politician in Afghanistan Hasti Gul, cricket player Karim Sadiq, cricket player Naghma, Afghan singer Niloofar Rahmani, former Afghan female pilot now residing in the United States Yalda Hakim, Australian journalist See also Afghan diaspora Pakistanis in Afghanistan Afghanistan–Pakistan relations References External links Official website of the UNHCR – Pakistan Pakistan Immigration to Pakistan Refugees in Pakistan