Pakistan Overturns Jail Term Of Doctor Who Helped Find Bin Laden -- Reuters
* Decision may lead to new trial for Shakil Afridi
* Afridi seen as hero by US for aiding hunt for Qaeda chief
* Bin Laden's killing in US raid strained US-Pakistani ties (Updates with background, quotes)
PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Aug 29 (Reuters) - Pakistan on Thursday overturned a 33-year jail term handed down to a doctor who helped CIA agents find al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, a decision which may result in a new trial.
Shakil Afridi, hailed as a hero by U.S. officials, was arrested after U.S. special forces killed bin Laden in May 2011 in the town of Abbottabad in a secret raid that outraged Pakistan and strained relations between the strategic allies.
Afridi's conviction in 2012 further soured the atmosphere. U.S. senators withheld $33 million in aid in retaliation.
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