In search of Osama Bin Laden's widows
Taliban militants are threatening to carry out fresh attacks if the three widows of Osama Bin Laden are not released by Pakistani authorities.
The country's interior minister has told the BBC that the women will be put on trial in the next few days and could face up to a year in prison for entering the country illegally.
They were were taken into custody when the late al-Qaeda leader's compound was stormed last year and are now under house arrest in Islamabad.
Orla Guerin reports.
09 Mar 2012
- From the section Middle East