A boy collects debris as journalists surround the compound where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was killed in Abbottabad (May 2011).
RFE: Pakistan Takes Rare Credit For Helping U.S. Kill Al-Qaeda Leader
Pakistan summoned the top U.S. diplomat in the country to formally protest President Donald Trump’s allegations that Islamabad had sheltered al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden, despite receiving billions of dollars in U.S. assistance.
Foreign Secretary Tehmina Janjua told American charge d’affairs Paul Jones on November 20 that Trump’s “baseless rhetoric” and unsubstantiated allegations were “totally unacceptable” for her country, according to a foreign ministry statement issued after the meeting.
“Rejecting the insinuations about OBL (Osama bin Laden), Foreign Secretary (Janjua) reminded the U.S. CdA (charge d’affairs) that it was Pakistan’s intelligence cooperation that provided the initial evidence to trace the whereabouts of OBL,” the statement noted.
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