US wants Pakistan to release doctor who helped track OBL: Report

Washington is persuading Islamabad to release doctor Afridi who said to have helped in tracking Osama bin Laden using DNA samples – in the wake of bitter diplomatic relations.
Dr Shakir Afirdi is being held by Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) after it discovered that he was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for carrying out a fake vaccination programme in Abbottabad, trying to track down al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.Pakistani and US officials say that American authorities are trying to rescue the Pakistani doctor, his wife and children, and take them to the US.