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A file photo taken on July 22, 2010 shows Pakistani surgeon Shakeel
Afridi, who was working for the Central Intelligence Agency to help find Osama bin Laden, as he attends a malaria control campaign in Khyber tribal district. AFP PHOTO

PESHAWAR: The Pakistani doctor jailed for 33 years after helping the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) find al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden had his sentence overturned on Thursday and faces a retrial, officials said.

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