Bin Laden ‘martyred’: Pakistani PMAP, ISLAMABADPakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday said that the US “martyred” former al-Qaeda leader and mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks Osama bin Laden, a term that is mainly used for honorable figures slain in battle. The special operations force swooped into Pakistan’s military garrison town of Abbottabad in the middle of the night on May 2, 2011, killing bin Laden and several of his operatives. They openly held us responsible because they did not succeed in Afghanistan,” Khan said. Opposition lawmaker Khwaja Mohammed Asif criticized Khan for calling bin Laden a martyr, saying that the al-Qaeda chief had brought terrorism to Pakistan. “He [bin Laden] ruined my country, but he [Khan] is calling him a martyr,” Asif said.

Source: Taipei Times June 26, 2020 15:56 UTC