Traitor in Pakistan, hero in US: The lonely life of doctor who helped pinpoint Bin Laden

Dismissed as a traitor in Pakistan but lauded as a hero by the United States, Shakeel Afridi is paying a heavy price for his role in bringing an end to Osama Bin Laden.

Dismissed as a traitor in Pakistan but lauded as a hero by the United States, Shakeel Afridi is paying a heavy price for his role in bringing an end to Osama Bin Laden. A decade after the Al-Qaeda chief was gunned down by a team of Navy Seals, there is no sign the doctor will be exonerated by Pakistan authorities for helping the CIA pinpoint Bin Laden's location under the cloak of running a vaccination programme. Locked up in solitary confinement in Sahiwal Jail in Pakistan's central Punjab province, Afridi now spends his time counting the days -- with nothing to differentiate between them.