Pakistan 'arrests CIA informants'

The New York Times is reporting that Pakistan’s top military spy agency has arrested some of the Pakistani informants who fed information to the CIA before the US commando raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

The Times, in a story posted on its website, said Pakistan detained five CIA informants, including a Pakistani army major who officials said copied the license plates of cars visiting bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan in the weeks before the raid.

The fate of the CIA informants who were arrested was unclear.

US-Pakistani relations have been strained, but a CIA spokeswoman and Pakistan’s ambassador to the US told the newspaper the two countries continue to fight against terrorism.

The ambassador said it was not appropriate to reveal details now.