US special forces caught up with Bin Laden in a quiet Pakistani town last year
US Defence Secretary Leon
Panetta has said he is "very concerned" about a Pakistani doctor
arrested for providing intelligence for the US raid that killed Osama
Bin Laden last year.
Dr Shikal Afridi is accused of running a CIA-run programme in
Abbottabad where Bin Laden was killed. A Pakistan panel says he should
be tried for treason.Mr Panetta told the CBS TV network the arrest had been "a real mistake".
Dr Afridi provided "very helpful" information for the raid, he added.
He was arrested shortly after the operation, carried out by US special forces in the Pakistani city of Abbottabad on 2 May last year.
Pakistan was deeply embarrassed by the raid, and condemned it as a violation of sovereignty.
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