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Pakistan denies identity papers to family of doctor who helped trace bin Laden

Dr Shakeel Afridi

By: Eastern Eye Staff

Pakistan has denied identity cards to the family of Shakeel Afridi, the jailed doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden in 2011, blocking college enrolment for his children, their lawyer said on Friday (3). Afridi was accused of treason after word spread that he had helped the CIA collect DNA samples of the bin Laden family, paving the way for a secret US Navy Seal raid that killed the al Qaeda leader in the town of Abbottabad. He was arrested days after the US operation – which Pakistan protested as a violation of sovereignty –…

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