Dr. Shakil Khan Afridi has been in jail since just a few weeks after Abbotabad raid, and a new report obtained by CNN sheds some light on just what he is alleged to have done.
Not long after his arrest, officials told CNN Afridi was charged with treason for helping the CIA locate bin Laden in his compound in Abbottabad through a fake vaccination campaign.
Bin Laden was killed in the subsequent US raid on the compound in May 2011.
But a report recently filed with a Pakistani appeal court alleges that Afridi’s contact with “American spies” began long before the vaccination event.
In 2008, Afridi met with the head of the Save the Children organization in Pakistan, the report says, and that man introduced the doctor to a woman named Kate.
She is described as tall, blonde-haired, blue-eyed and in her mid-30s.
The report says Kate was Afridi’s first “handler.”
Between meeting with Kate and the time of his arrested, the report says, he had three other handlers: Toni, Sara and Sue. He met with them more than 20 times in a span of two years, it says.
They would pick him up at prearranged locations, make him lie down in the back seat of a car and cover him with a blanket, it says. The actual meetings took place in converted truck containers that had air conditioning, television and food.
At one point he was given some type of radio and a laptop to communicate with, the report says.
It says the effort against bin Laden began for Afridi in January 2011, when the handler named Sue asked him to start a campaign against hepatitis-B in different areas, including Abbottabad, where bin Laden lived before he was killed.
Sue told Afridi to go personally to Pathan Street, where bin Laden’s compound was in Abbottabad, and to keep the radio on in that area, the report says. Afridi was instructed to bring kits and empty bottles back to Islamabad after every vaccination.
But even after encouragement from another health worker, no one at the bin Laden compound agreed to be vaccinated, so the CIA could not get DNA to compare to samples of bin Laden family DNA it already had.
“Despite insisting by the staff of the campaign, members of the house refused to get vaccination,” the report says.
The doctor, according to the report, admitted receiving a total of $75,800 from handlers for the vaccination effort.
Just days after bin Laden was killed, Sue told Afridi to flee Pakistan and go to Afghanistan, where he could be protected, the report says. He elected not to leave Pakistan.
He was arrested, tried and convicted of treason. He was sentenced to 33 years in prison and fined $3,500.
He is not appealing his conviction
Afridi spied/worked for a foreign power. That is treason even in the USA.
He did a splendid job and got rid of a terrorist mastermind.
Ghadaar ka jo yaar ha, wo bhe ghadaar ha.Usama bin laden was just a Fake CIA chracter which had played various roles in 9/11 and later on in Afghanistan according to dirty wishes of America to punish the Muslims and to protect his own vested interests. Why the muslim world doesn't understand this.
He is a traitor.let him die inside so that the rest of the people can learn something,but hang on,what about our own political leader,not all of them but most of them,should not they join afridi.Pakistan's day to day business is run according to the wishes of……..huulalaaaaa.shame on us to have such rulers,traitors.
he is a traitor and should be hanged
He brought shame to his motherland! On first instance when he knew about this whole thing, he should have told Pakistani authorities and would have become hero. He may have done good job but they way he has done it is against Pakistan. As a doctor and government servant he is educated and knew what he was doing and for what! OBL should have been caught, Pakistan would have in better position in nations of the world if Its own forces carried out this well before the Americans.
Punishing him is very important to set example for other moles in our coutnry working for other countries. If you let him go, this will enhance other countries network even more that spies are powerfull to get away with working against own country!
I totally agree. He should have told the Pakistani authorities and been loyal to his home. It seems that the lure of a US passport was too great.
Osama should have been caught and interrogated to find out who helped him
I also think he is a traitor. But no where does this report (or any other) suggests that Afridi knew anything about who the target was. So he couldn't have contacted Pakistani authorities.
However, he did know that he was helping CIA, and not serving Pak agencies, which means he was willingly committing treason.
Most dangerous spies are President Zardari and interior minister Rehman Malik. Both these person should be removed their positions.The third one Hussain Haqqani got caught and was able to flee to USA. These people are much more dangerous than Afridi
Another spy in Altaf Hussain who is living on extortion money and dole outs from British government
Today against Pak Spy's media, govt and Politics me cheeh cheeh k bool rahy ha.. k ham ghadaar ha ghadaar ha.par hamri agencies so rahi ha shyed un me b ghadaar gusey hoye ha.. aur hamari qoom tarap rhi ha media or govt me aisey logoon ko deck deck k….
There are lots more out there , afridi was just one of the pawns …:(:(
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