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June 1, 2012

From CIA Agent to Terrorist in Seven Days

Anita Joshua, The Hindu

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A week after he was handed down 33 years in jail apparently for helping the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) track down al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, it now appears that Shakeel Afridi has actually been punished for something entirely different: colluding with a banned terrorist organisation! At least that is what the court documents say.

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TAGGED: War on Terror, Pakistan, CIA

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