May 31: The Times of India report by Chidanand Rajghatta states that the United States and Pakistan appear to be edging towards an Afridi-for-Aafia swap, potentially exchanging an incarcerated Pakistani physician who helped Washington nail Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad for a Pakistani neuroscientist with al Qaeda sympathies who is currently imprisoned in Texas. Indications that some kind of deal is in the works came this week after the Pakistani consul general in Houston Aisha Farooqi met with Aafia Siddiqui at a federal prison outside Fort Worth, Texas, where she is serving an 86-year sentence after being convicted of assault and attempted murder of U.S military personnel. Meanwhile, Shakil Afridi, the Pakistani physician who helped the CIA track bin Laden, has been moved from the Peshawar prison to an undisclosed location.
The Times of India: Pak-US may be edging towards Aafia-for-Afridi deal as new envoy goes to Washington
