Ron Burgundy Posted November 23, 2013 Share Posted November 23, 2013 Peshawar (Pakistan) (AFP) - Authorities in northwest Pakistan have charged the doctor who helped the CIA find Osama bin Laden with murder and fraud, officials and a defence lawyer said Saturday. "A murder and fraud case was registered against Shakeel Afridi this week after a tribal woman accused him of killing her son," a senior government official in Peshawar told AFP. Afridi's lawyer Samiullah Afridi confirmed the charges, which come some three months after his conviction for treason was overturned. Afridi was recruited by the CIA to run a fake vaccination programme in Abbottabad in the hope of obtaining DNA samples to identify Al Qaeda chief bin Laden, although medics never managed to gain access to the family. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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