By Mushtaq Yusufzai, NBC News
A�doctor accused of helping the CIA find Osama bin Laden has been sentenced to 33 years in prison, a Pakistani government official told NBC News on Wednesday.
Shakil Afridi was accused of running a fake vaccination campaign believed to have helped the American intelligence agency track bin Laden in Abbottabad, where he was killed in a U.S. special forces raid last May. He was convictedWednesday by a court in Peshawar.
His�imprisonment is likely to anger ally Washington at a sensitive time, with both sides engaged in difficult talks over re-opening NATO supply routes to U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan.�
Panetta: Pakistan doctor gave US key bin Laden intel
U.S. officials had hoped Pakistan, a recipient of billions of dollars in American aid, would release Afridi. He was detained after the unilateral operation which killed bin Laden and strained ties with Islamabad.�
Report: CIA ran vaccine ruse to get bin Laden's DNA
In January, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said in a television interview that Afridi and his team had been key in finding bin Laden, describing him as helpful and insisting the doctor had not committed treason or harmed Pakistan.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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