Pakistan trumping up charges to keep doctor jailed who helped get bin Laden

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Fox News: Hero doc who helped get Bin Laden facing more charges in Pakistan[.URL]​

More charges are being leveled against the hero doctor who helped the CIA pinpoint Usama bin Laden in what appears to be a strategy to ensure he remains behind bars even if the sham case accusing him of colluding with terrorists is overturned.

Dr. Shakil Afridi was charged with murder last week for a six-year-old case in which he tried to save a young boy stricken with appendicitis. Now, just days before a Pakistani tribunal hearing at which he could win a retrial in the case that landed him a 33-year prison sentence, his lawyers have learned that a raft of new charges await.

“It seems the prosecution and evidence is so weak, they have to frame him to keep [Afridi] in jail, fearing an acquittal," said Qamar Nadeem, a lawyer and cousin of the jailed doctor.

The government stands ready to charge Afridi with medical malpractice, professional malfeasance, and sexual harassment, in addition to the murder charges. Additionally, the mother of the boy at the center of the murder case claims Afridi tried to kill her with a lethal injection when she confronted him with the allegations initially.

And these are the people "helping" fight the Taliban? The same ones who are giving aid and comfort to the Taliban?