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Pakistani doctor's conviction not linked to bin Laden, court says
Source: CNN
Pakistani doctor's conviction not linked to bin Laden, court says
By the CNN Wire Staff
May 30, 2012 -- Updated 1808 GMT (0208 HKT)
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- His conviction further strained U.S.-Pakistan relations, but court papers say that Shakeel Afridi's crime was not what it was widely thought to be.
The Pakistani doctor was jailed for his ties to extremists, not for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden, according to a tribal court judgment issued last week and obtained by CNN Wednesday.
The Khyber Agency court said Afridi had "close links" with Lashkar-e-Islam, a militant group operating in the Khyber tribal areas, and its leader Mangal Bagh.
The Khyber tribal court described Lashkar-e-Islam as a defunct group whose intent was to "wage war against the state of Pakistan" with killings of officials and attacks on government facilities.
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By the CNN Wire Staff
May 30, 2012 -- Updated 1808 GMT (0208 HKT)
Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- His conviction further strained U.S.-Pakistan relations, but court papers say that Shakeel Afridi's crime was not what it was widely thought to be.
The Pakistani doctor was jailed for his ties to extremists, not for helping the CIA track down Osama bin Laden, according to a tribal court judgment issued last week and obtained by CNN Wednesday.
The Khyber Agency court said Afridi had "close links" with Lashkar-e-Islam, a militant group operating in the Khyber tribal areas, and its leader Mangal Bagh.
The Khyber tribal court described Lashkar-e-Islam as a defunct group whose intent was to "wage war against the state of Pakistan" with killings of officials and attacks on government facilities.
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Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/30/world/asia/pakistan-bin-laden-doctor/index.html
