By: Eastern Eye Staff
LAWYER’S RELEASE HOPE AS SHAKIL AFRIDI MOVED TO RAWALPINDI JAIL PRISON authorities in Pakistan moved the jailed doctor believed to have helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden, his lawyer said last Saturday (28), speculating it could be a prelude to his release. The continued imprisonment of Dr Shakil Afridi has been a source of tension between Pakistan and the US, which cut military aid over accusations that Islamabad continues to shelter Taliban militants fighting US and Afghan soldiers across the border in Afghanistan. A jail official in Peshawar said on condition of anonymity that Afridi had been transferred…
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