Pakistan granted access to the widows of Osama Bin Laden to the United States to investigate details of the presence of al Qaeda in Pakistan, the White House said Friday. "America has gained access to the wives of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan "said White House spokesman, Jay Carney, without elaborating.
Earlier, CNN quoted U.S. and Pakistani sources said that U.S. intelligence services had questioned three of the widows of Bin Laden, was killed during an operation by U.S. special forces in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on 2 May. The report said the woman was questioned along with a group, although the United States wanted them separately, and was "hostile" during the interrogation, said CNN, which quoted a Pakistani government official and two officials from Washington close to the case.
Most of the wives spoke for all others in the interview, in which agents also attended the Pakistani intelligence service. Representatives of both governments told CNN that despite the rise in tensions between the two allies in the fight against terrorism after the incursion of a command that killed bin Laden, the world's most wanted man, to work together intelligence has continued.
The White House got in touch with Islamabad to help counter the growing distrust of the United States guaranteeing access to Pakistani investigators to the three women who have been in custody in Pakistan. It is believed that women may have key information on the Al Qaeda and Bin Laden's movements while remaining hidden.
United States called for an investigation to determine how the leader of Al Qaeda could remain hidden for years in the garrison city a few miles from the greatest military academy in the country and only 56 kilometers from Islamabad. Pakistani officials have criticized the operation, but flatly denied the accusations of collusion with Bin Laden. 
Earlier, CNN quoted U.S. and Pakistani sources said that U.S. intelligence services had questioned three of the widows of Bin Laden, was killed during an operation by U.S. special forces in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on 2 May. The report said the woman was questioned along with a group, although the United States wanted them separately, and was "hostile" during the interrogation, said CNN, which quoted a Pakistani government official and two officials from Washington close to the case.
Most of the wives spoke for all others in the interview, in which agents also attended the Pakistani intelligence service. Representatives of both governments told CNN that despite the rise in tensions between the two allies in the fight against terrorism after the incursion of a command that killed bin Laden, the world's most wanted man, to work together intelligence has continued.
The White House got in touch with Islamabad to help counter the growing distrust of the United States guaranteeing access to Pakistani investigators to the three women who have been in custody in Pakistan. It is believed that women may have key information on the Al Qaeda and Bin Laden's movements while remaining hidden.
United States called for an investigation to determine how the leader of Al Qaeda could remain hidden for years in the garrison city a few miles from the greatest military academy in the country and only 56 kilometers from Islamabad. Pakistani officials have criticized the operation, but flatly denied the accusations of collusion with Bin Laden.
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