Pak doctor who tracked Osama under threat
Osama Bin Laden.
ISLAMABAD: A Pakistani doctor, who was sentenced to 33 years in jail for helping CIA track down former al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in 2011, may be rescued or killed in a "covert or overt operation", officials have warned.
In a letter to federal authorities, the Khyber- Pakhtunkhawa government has warned of a severe life threat to Dr Shakil Afridi, lodged in the Central Prison in the provincial capital Peshawar.
The 50-year-old physician, who worked with the CIA on a fake vaccination operation to confirm the location of bin Laden in the garrison city of Abbottobad, has been jailed for 33 years.
In March, Afridi's sentence was reduced by a decade to 23 years.
In a letter to federal authorities, the Khyber- Pakhtunkhawa government has warned of a severe life threat to Dr Shakil Afridi, lodged in the Central Prison in the provincial capital Peshawar.
The 50-year-old physician, who worked with the CIA on a fake vaccination operation to confirm the location of bin Laden in the garrison city of Abbottobad, has been jailed for 33 years.
In March, Afridi's sentence was reduced by a decade to 23 years.
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