The Pakistan government today summoned the US Charge de’ Affairs ambassador Paul Jones to register protest against President Trump's recent comment alleging al-Qaida chief Bin Laden lived a comfortable life in Pakistan before he was killed by US forces in 2011.

Pakistan summons US ambassador over Trump's Osama bin Laden comment

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President Donald Trump on Sunday defended his administration's decision to stop hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid to Pakistan, saying the country does not do "a damn thing" for the US and its government had helped al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden hide near its garrison city.

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A complex man of contradictions, journalist Jamal Khashoggi went from being a Saudi royal family insider to an outspoken critic of the ultra-conservative kingdom's government.

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Pakistan Foreign Minister Makhdoom Mehmood Shah Qureshi has said that Islamabad is open to discuss the issue of Dr Shakil Afridi, who is considered a Central Investigation Agency (CIA) hero in the United States for helping Washington track down terrorist Osama bin Laden.

Pakistan open to talk about doctor who helped US to track Osama Bin Laden

An unprecedented ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban has sparked hopes the move may open the door for a new push for peace talks in the bloody, nearly 17-year conflict

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'Whatever the fallout, he (Zardari) told Obama, it's very good news. It's been a long time. God be with you and the people of America,' Ben Rhodes, who was Obama's close aide at the White House writes in his latest book, referring to the response of Zardari when the US president called him to inform him about the American raid in on May 2, 2011

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Pakistan sentenced Dr Shakil Afridi to 30 years in prison. Then, last week, his sentence was commuted

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The minister blamed the US's failure to win the war in Afghanistan for being responsible for the deteriorating relations with the US.

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Pompeo was responding to questions from Congressman Dana Rohrabacher who said the US should stop providing any financial assistance to Pakistan until it releases Shakil Afridi, a doctor who helped the CIA hunt down Osama bin Laden in 2011

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Haspel, who was a mid-level CIA official at the time, stated this during her confirmation hearing before lawmakers

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The last attack linked to Al-Qaeda dates back to 2015, to the Kouachi brothers' hit on Charlie Hedbo in Paris

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US President Donald Trump had earlier expressed his desire to pressure Pakistan into setting Afridi free

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Afridi had been imprisoned in the Central Prison Peshawar for almost seven years after he ran a phoney vaccination campaign in Abbottabad city to help the CIA track down and kill the former Al Qaeda chief in a controversial raid on May 2 2011.

Doctor who helped CIA track down Osama bin Laden, moved to undisclosed 'safe location'

Farekh and his co-conspirators travelled to the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan, an area in the northern part of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan

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The bomber was allegedly inspired by Osama bin Laden

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It remains to be seen whether the Trump tweet will bully Pakistan into changing its policy and withdraw support to the militant groups. Otherwise, divorce is imminent.

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According to media reports, Osama bin Hamza bin Laden died between July and August last year

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Bhutto was killed in a gun-and-bomb attack during an election campaign rally on December 27, 2007

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Another strike killed two more al Qaida terrorists in the area, AFP quoted tribal sources as informing.

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The Pakistan government has been fearful of spies operating since the Bin Laden episode and?treats?'foreign-aid groups in the country with suspicion'.

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To a question whether Pakistani government was aware of Osama bin Laden's presence in Pakistan, Obama said ''We had no evidence that Pakistani government was aware of Osama bin Laden's presence in Pakistan.''?

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Pakistan summons US ambassador over Trump's Osama bin Laden comment

News brief: Big stories of the day

Everybody in Pakistan knew Bin Laden was there, and we gave them $1.3 billion a year: Trump

Jamal Khashoggi: From Saudi royal insider to open critic

Pakistan open to talk about doctor who helped US to track Osama Bin Laden

Afghanistan's chequered history with Taliban peace talks

News brief: Big stories of the day

Zardari welcomed Osama bin Laden's killing by US: Book

Is the US exchanging an Al Qaeda terrorist for the Pakistani doctor who helped them catch Osama?

Our diplomatic contact with the US is almost next to none: Pak foreign minister

Financial assistance to Pakistan under review: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo

Had gut feeling that bin Laden was behind 9/11: Haspel tells senators

Seven years after Osama bin Laden's killing, Al-Qaeda has grown by avoiding the limelight

Pakistani doctor who helped US track Bin Laden moved to 'safer' location

Doctor who helped CIA track down Osama bin Laden, moved to undisclosed 'safe location'

32-year-old American citizen sentenced to 45 years for supporting al Qaeda

New York bomber sentenced to life in prison

Opinion: Is the honeymoon between Pakistan and the US coming to an end?

Watch: Osama bin laden's grandson killed in air strike

Osama Bin Laden moved to Afganistan to supervise plot to assassinate Benazir Bhutto, say reports

WION evening news brief, December 28, 2017

US drone strike may have killed al Qaida propaganda chief Abu Hajar al-Makki

Osama bin Laden effect: Pak government orders international NGOs to shut operations

India should cherish and nurture its large Muslim population: Obama