Wasting away behind bars: Inside the forgotten, fast-fading life of Pakistani physician who helped pinpoint Bin Laden
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“Memories are worse than bullets.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind He was once deemed an acclaimed doctor by the United States of America, having played a pivotal part in the identification and death of September 11 financier Osama bin Laden. But for more than eleven years, Dr. Shakil Afridi has been hidden away in a cramped cell smaller than his six-foot frame. There is no ventilation, no working toilet, no proper food, and no cracks of sunlight.
Wasting away behind bars: Inside the forgotten, fast-fading life of Pakistani physician who helped pinpoint Bin Laden
Wasting away behind bars: Inside the…
Wasting away behind bars: Inside the forgotten, fast-fading life of Pakistani physician who helped pinpoint Bin Laden
“Memories are worse than bullets.” ― Carlos Ruiz Zafón, The Shadow of the Wind He was once deemed an acclaimed doctor by the United States of America, having played a pivotal part in the identification and death of September 11 financier Osama bin Laden. But for more than eleven years, Dr. Shakil Afridi has been hidden away in a cramped cell smaller than his six-foot frame. There is no ventilation, no working toilet, no proper food, and no cracks of sunlight.