ISLAMABAD: The much-awaited report of the Abbottabad commission, tasked with probing the May 2, 2011 raid which led to the death of Osama bin Laden, is yet to be made public.
The government of Pakistan had formed a five-member commission on June 21, 2011, almost two months after the incident in which US Navy SEALs killed the former Al Qaeda leader.
The commission was to find out exactly what happened and who was responsible for failing to catch the high-profile target, who had taken refuge in Abbottabad.
Initially, the commission was given 30 days to complete its report but after being provided several extensions, the report was submitted to the prime minister on January 3, 2013.
Most of the findings of the said report were leaked to the press and were strongly criticised by defence experts.
Dobbins is new US special envoy
WASHINGTON: US Secretary of State John Kerry has appointed veteran US diplomat James Dobbins as Washington’s new special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, State Department spokesman Patrick Ventrell said yesterday.
Dobbins, head of international security and defence at the RAND National Defense Research Institute and a former senior US diplomat, will replace Marc Grossman as special representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Grossman had replaced the late Richard Holbrooke in the post. Holbrooke died suddenly in December 2010.
Ventrell said that Kerry spoke with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to inform them of the appointment earlier yesterday.
Dobbins represented the United States at the Bonn Conference that established the new Afghan government in December 2001, shortly after US-led forces invaded Afghanistan and ousted the Taliban.
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