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Pakistan overturns sentence of doctor who helped find bin Laden

By REUTERS

AUGUST 29, 2013 15:42

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - A Pakistani judicial official on Thursday overturned the 33-year jail sentence passed on Shakil Afridi, the doctor who helped CIA agents hunting for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden who was killed in 2011.

US officials have hailed Afridi as a hero for helping pinpoint bin Laden's location before the secret May 2011 raid by U.S. special forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan, after more than a decade of searching.

Judicial official Sahibzada Mohammad Anees ordered a new trial on the grounds that another official had exceeded his authority when handing down last year's sentence. Afridi remains in custody.

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