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Bin Laden capture: Doctor's sentence cut by 10 years
Source: BBC
15 March 2014 Last updated at 12:53 GMT
Bin Laden capture: Doctor's sentence cut by 10 years
A jail sentence handed down to the doctor alleged to have helped the US track down Osama Bin Laden in 2011 has been reduced by 10 years by a Pakistani court.
Shakil Afridi is accused by Pakistan of running a fake vaccination programme to help confirm Bin Laden's presence in the northern town of Abbottabad.
His original 33-year term on an unrelated charge was widely seen as punishment for his alleged role.
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A tribal areas court convicted Afridi in May 2012 of treason on charges of links to a militant group.
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Bin Laden capture: Doctor's sentence cut by 10 years
A jail sentence handed down to the doctor alleged to have helped the US track down Osama Bin Laden in 2011 has been reduced by 10 years by a Pakistani court.
Shakil Afridi is accused by Pakistan of running a fake vaccination programme to help confirm Bin Laden's presence in the northern town of Abbottabad.
His original 33-year term on an unrelated charge was widely seen as punishment for his alleged role.
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A tribal areas court convicted Afridi in May 2012 of treason on charges of links to a militant group.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26591470
