Nearly 1.6 million registered Afghan refugees live in Pakistan. Another million live there illegally. Whole generations of Afghan children have been born and raised there. Associated Press photographer Muhammed Muheisen illuminates the faces of Afghan children living in Pakistan.

Awal Gul, 12. Gul lives in a slum on the outskirts of Islamabad. He has never gone to school and works at a local vegetable market. He dreams of becoming a famous cricket player. "My land is in Afghanistan, and we have nothing in Pakistan," he said. Muhammed Muheisen/AP