In 2015, Pakistani newspapers reported that the National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) had canceled Sharbat Gula's Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) and those of two men listed as her sons. Reports claimed the cards had been issued illegally. A NADRA source reportedly said, "They may not be her sons but this is a common practice among Afghan refugees whereby they list names of non-relatives as their children to obtain documents." A relative said that the family lives in Pakistan, but "We travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan depending on the security situation."