Khaleej Times

DR AFRIDI RAN A FAKE ANTI-POLIO DRIVE

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> Shakil Afridi ran a fake vaccinatio­n campaign to helo CIA track whereabout­s of Osama bin Laden. > He was sentenced to jail for 33 years in May 2012 after he was convicted of ties to militants. > Afridi, a former senior surgeon believed to be in his mid-50s, had been living in solitary confinemen­t in a small room in Peshawar’s Central Jail. > A top prison official in Khyber Pakhtunkhw­a says Afridi was moved by intelligen­ce officials to the safer place late on Thursday.

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