'CIA trained Pakistanis to eliminate bin Laden' - claim

The CIA reportedly secretly trained about 60 Pakistani intelligence officers to capture or kill Osama bin Laden in 1999.

Wed, 03 Oct, 2001 - 07:15

The CIA reportedly secretly trained about 60 Pakistani intelligence officers to capture or kill Osama bin Laden in 1999.

The operation was arranged by then-Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif and his chief of intelligence with Bill Clinton's administration.

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