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Shakil Afridi denied asylum in US: media
WASHINGTON: The jailed doctor who helped the US track down Osama bin Laden has been denied asylum in United States, the American media claimed.
Portions of the voluminous 357-page Abbottobad Commission Report, which has yet to be made public and were obtained by Fox News, acknowledge Dr. Shakil Afridi's conviction last year by a Jirga has undermined Pakistan's credibility. The report calls for Afridi to be given a new trial.
Fox News said that the report also acknowledged that Dr Shakeel Afridi was convicted by a tribal court on bogus charges.
The report claims Afridi joined the CIA search for Bin Laden five years ago, while he was staying in the US with a cousin.
The State Department declined to comment on the report's claims that Afridi had applied for asylum while staying in the US.
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