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Dr. Shakeel Afridi

Dr. Shakeel Afridi
Doctor in-charge of Khyber Agency
Born: July 1971
Profession: Physician
Affiliation(s): n/a
Citizenship: Pakistani
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Shakil Afridi or Shakeel Afridi is a Pakistani physician who allegedly helped the CIA run a fake vaccine program in Abbottabad, Pakistan, in order to confirm Osama bin Laden's presence in the city by obtaining DNA samples. Details of the doctor's activities emerged during the Pakistani investigation of the raid on Bin Laden's residence, Operation Neptune Spear. He was arrested from Torkham border while trying to escape the country days after the raid that killed bin Laden. On 23 May 2012, Shakil Afridi was sentenced to 33 years imprisonment for treason.

Biography

Dr Afridi came from a humble background, graduated from the Khyber Medical College, Peshawar in 1990 and was working as the doctor in-charge of Khyber Agency of the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The doctor has a family. He is a native of Khyber Agency. In July 2011, Dr Afridi was described as being in his late 40s.

Details of the activities Dr Afridi is accused of

Colleagues at Jamrud Hospital in Pakistan’s northwestern Khyber tribal were suspicious of Dr. Shakeel Afridi's, the hospital’s chief surgeon, absences which he explained as “business” to attend to in Abbottabad. Dr Afridi was accused of having taken a half-dozen World Health Organization cooler boxes without authorization. The containers are for inoculation campaigns, but no immunization drives were underway in Abbottabad or the Khyber agency.

As a government employee, he set up what now is known to be a fake hepatitis B vaccination programme in the region, including Abbotabad.

The US intelligence plan was to obtain a blood sample from one of the children living in the Abbottabad compound, so that DNA tests could determine whether or not they were relatives of Bin Laden.

Dr Afridi had at least two female paramedical staff to help with the project, according to health department officials in Abbottabad.

It is believed that at least one of the women visited the Bin Laden compound to collect blood samples.

But it is not known whether these tests were central to the Americans' success in locating Bin Laden.


US reaction to Dr Afridi's arrest

The US Secretary of Defense, who was then CIA Chief Leon Panetta, has confirmed the role of Afridi in ascertaining the whereabouts of Bin Laden inside the compound in Abottabad. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said that Pakistan has no justification for holding Dr Shakil Afridi. Rep. Dana Rohrabacher asked President Obama to intercede on Afridi's behalf , introduced two bills, H.R. 4069 to award a Congressional Gold Medal to Dr. Shakeel Afridi and H.R. 3901 to declare Afridi a naturalized U.S. citizen.

Pakistani reaction

On 6 October 2011, the Pakistani commission investigating Bin Laden's death recommended that he be charged with “conspiracy against the state of Pakistan and high treason” on the basis of available evidence. Pakistan seized Dr Afridi's assets.  Alfridi's residence was sealed by Pakistani authorities and his family moved to an undisclosed location. The 15 female health workers, that assisted Dr Afridi in the fake vaccination program, were also declared not fit for any future employment.

Protest by aid groups

Humanitarian organizations including Médecins Sans Frontières protested the use of a medical charity for espionage purposes believing it would cause suspicion of such organizations in the future and endanger personal working on such projects claiming 'threatened immunisation work around the world'.

Sentence

A local court of political administration of Khyber Agency Wednesday sentenced Dr. Shakeel Afridi for 30 years in prison for spying for US secret agency CIA. The court sentenced Afridi under FCR act and had been convicted for spying for foreign secret agencies.According to verdict, Afridi would serve 30 years in prison and has to pay Rs. 230,000 as fine. According to sources Shakeel Afridi has been shifted to central jail Peshawar.



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Submited By: ahmad
10 June 2012

is ko sazae maot do gadaar ko
Submited By: AWAN
30 May 2012
ISS KO PHAANSI KI SAZA DAINI CHAHIYE YEH TRAITER HAI USA KA, ZAHIR HAI PAISON KE LIYE KIYA HO GA ISS KAMINE NE
Submited By: Tahir Mehmood
30 May 2012

AFRIDI is a F***ing traitor i suggest death sentence.
Submited By: mussa jan
27 May 2012
I,my self is thankfull to this brave Pakistani who has helped to eliminate a Satan like OSAMA
I am proud of Dr Shakeel Afridi being a Pakistan, as long as we have good people like Dr.Afridi in Pakistan ,Pakistan will survive for long

Pakistan zindabad
Submited By: davd
27 May 2012
I think being government employee and working for some other country spying,cheating,,.. for purpose of money.. out come killing 3 person. He is not a doctor, he is killer.. must be punished to death so that no one can cheat his own people and home land..

same thing happening in Iraq..the informer of Saddam later get no support from America..even they refuse to give bounty money.

Need to find out how much more spy agents near by you... money money usa usa...
Submited By: Shahzad
26 May 2012
This *** has n/a in his affiliation ... please write there Traitor/Stooge of west ....

Instead of writing 'Profile' ...... he should be shown under the title 'Dirty Profiles'

Dear Admin! please do not give respect to traitors of Ummah or there would be several born each year and you will have your role in it, you will have to defend this role in front of Allah SWT ...... Jazak Allah Khair
Submited By: pathan
26 May 2012
his whole family should b killed so this bastard know the price of human life and shock of losing family. fuckin bastard i m pathan but i havent seen a dalla pathan like this son of a bitch
Submited By: chohan tahir
25 May 2012
We all pakistanis should be thankfull to Dr.Afriidi since he has helped to eliminate the declared most vicious terrorist Bin Laden to pin point, insted of putting him Jail

I would wisch Dr afridi should be awarded a Nobrpreis,
Dr. has save the whole world from this cruel satanic mind Osama bin laden

May Allah bless Dr. Afridiand bring him to justice he earns
Submited By: sohail
24 May 2012
well done pakistan for the sentence ? but think why dr shakeel work for the us . is it because the pakistani are so easy to buy out like they goverment or is it because any pakistani will do anyting to get out of the failing state pakistan? think if you had the choice wat would you do ?
Submited By: allama iqbal
24 May 2012
He was a doctors and doctors are not that naive and simple-minded. Any how people should be careful. Any of you guys should be careful while in pakistan during calls. I mean you guys may be saying some anti-pakistani stuff and the words for instance "dhaalkhor" may beep in their recording room and next time you would be wondering where the heck i am. ISI has access to all mobile networks of pakistan.
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