The Abbottabad Commission, investigating how Osama bin Laden had lived undetected for years in the country, has interviewed the al-Qaeda leader’s widows and daughters for the first time, it said on Wednesday.
The “exhaustive interview” of bin Laden’s three widows and two of his daughters took place on Tuesday, the commission announced in a brief statement. Officials refused to divulge any further details. The commission also interviewed Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Ahmad Shuja Pasha, on Wednesday and would question him again on Thursday, it said.
On Tuesday, members of the commission interviewed Dr Shakil Afridi, a government surgeon who is being questioned over a free vaccination campaign he reportedly launched in March-April in bin Ladens’ neighbourhood. The security officials in the area believe the doctor may have known about bin Laden’s presence and shared the information with US intelligence agents.
