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India-Pakistan
ISI chief rules out hading over Dr Shakeel Afridi to US
2012-09-01
[Dawn] Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt-Gen Zaheerul Islam has ruled out handing over Dr Shakil Afridi to the US, DawnNews reported.

Speaking at a press briefing, the ISI chief said that the US should consider the chapter of Dr Shakil Afridi, who helped the US kill al Qaeda chief the late Osama bin Laden
... who has made the transition back to dust...
in Abbottabad
... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden....
, closed.

"He (Dr Afridi) will never be bartered for Dr Afia Siddiqui, no such proposal is under consideration," said Islam.

Afridi was picked up by the ISI from near Beautiful Downtown Peshawar, two weeks after Osama's death. The official said that Afridi had accepted helping the CIA by running a fake vaccination campaign in Abbottabad a month before the raid on OBL's compound.
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