Pakistan was not aware of Osama bin Laden's presence in Abbottabad: 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 was killed in a US raid in Abbottabad on  May 2  by  Navy SEALs.

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