Pakistan was not aware of Osama bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad: Obama

By Web Desk
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December 01, 2017
Former US President Obama

Former US president Barack Obama has said Pakistani government had no knowledge of al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad.

Speaking at the second day of the 15th edition of the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2017 in New Delhi , he said, "We had no evidence that Pakistani government was aware of Osama bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad. We obviously looked at it," he said

Osama bin Laden. File Photo

Osama bin Laden was killed in a US raid in Abbottabad on May 2by Navy SEALs.

The US accused the al-Qaeda chief of perpetrating 9/11 attacks on New York that killed over 3000 people in 2001.