FINALLY, PAK ADMITS: 'ISI knew where Osama Bin Laden was,' reveals Imran Khan after 8 years of Pakistan's lies

As Pakistan PM Imran Khan is on a visit to United States, he for first time revealed that  ISI provided intelligence to CIA which helped US track down and kill Osama bin Laden in Pakistan. This comes as a significant development as Islamabad had so far denied having any kwledge of dreaded al-Qaeda chief in country. He was shot dead by US Navy Seals in 2011.

Pakistan PM's maiden official trip to Washington revealed about ISI helping CIA during an interview with Fox News,  when he was asked wher his government would release jailed Pakistani surgeon Shakeel Afridi who helped CIA track down Osama in Pakistani garrison city of Abbottabad on May 2, 2011.

Khan's statement is significant because Pakistan had so far denied that it had any information about hideout of Osama before he was killed in a covert raid by US special forces. "It was Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) that gave information which led to location of Osama bin Laden. If you ask CIA it was ISI which gave initial location through phone connection," Khan said.

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Responding to questions, Khan was reluctant to give any commitment on release of Pakistani doctor Afridi. US President Trump is seeking his release.Khan said that release of Afridi is an "emotive issue" for Pakistan as in country he is considered a spy for US. "We in Pakistan always felt that we were an ally of US and if we had been given information about Osama, we should have taken him out," he said.

Khan said that Pakistan was fighting war against terrorism for US. raid and killing of Osama, he said "hugely embarrassed Pakistan"."Here we were an ally of US and US did t trust us. And y actually came and bombed and killed a man in our territory, Khan said. When pointed out that Osama was t just a man, but a terrorist who killed more than 3,000 Americans, Khan said that Pakistan lost 70,000 people in this fight. "We were fighting this war for US and we lost all se people fighting this war. So re was obviously a lot of anger about way this whole thing was done. But you kw, that's all in past, Khan said. When interviewer asked, "You are prime minister, you can make a decision," Khan said. "re's some decisions that are democracy which even a prime minister finds it difficult, because we do have an Opposition. But this is something that can be negotiated over time." 

Khan also said he would be willing to consider releasing Afridi in exchange for Pakistani neuroscientist Aafia Siddiqui, who is serving an 86-year US prison sentence after her 2010 conviction of shooting at FBI nts and soldiers. "So, we could negotiate some sort of swap," Khan said, adding that this was t talked about during his meeting with President Trump in White House on Monday. negotiations for swap of Afridi and Siddiqui could take place in future, he said. "We can negotiate. I mean, negotiations have started," Khan confirmed.

(with PTI inputs)