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Pakistani who helped US catch bin Laden sentenced to prison

By AP News Wed, May 23, 2012 7:47PM UTC View Comments

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — A government official says a Pakistani doctor who helped the U.S. track down Osama bin Laden has been convicted of high treason and sentenced to 33 years in prison. Nasir Khan says Shakil Afridi was also ordered Wednesday to pay a fine of about $3,500. If he doesn’t pay, he will...

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Pakistan: Bin Laden family deportation hits snag

By AP News Wed, Apr 18, 2012 2:47PM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A lawyer for Osama bin Laden’s three widows and their nine children says the family is expected to be deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia later Wednesday. Mohammad Amir Khalil said the family was unable to leave overnight Tuesday as planned because the brother of bin Laden’s youngest wife, Amal Ahmed Abdel-Fatah...

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Pakistan extends custody of bin Laden widows

By AP News Sat, Mar 17, 2012 5:00PM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD (AP) — A Pakistani official says a judge has allowed authorities to hold three widows of al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in custody for another 10 days, pending their trial for living in the country without valid documents. The women have been in detention since May last year when U.S. commandos killed bin Laden...

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Pakistan charges bin Laden’s wives

By AP News Fri, Mar 09, 2012 12:20PM UTC View Comments

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan has charged Osama bin Laden’s three widows with illegally entering and living in the country, the interior minister said Thursday. The three women have been in Pakistani detention since May last year, when U.S. commandos raided the house where they, bin Laden and several of their children were staying. The...

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Pakistan warns of plot to free bin Laden’s wives

By AP News Sat, Sep 10, 2011 7:49PM UTC View Comments

KARACHI (AP) — Pakistan is warning that the Taliban are plotting to secure the freedom of Osama bin Laden’s wives and children by kidnapping a high-ranking government official and then offering to exchange him or her for the slain terror chief’s family. U.S. Navy seals killed bin Laden in a May helicopter-borne raid on his...

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