Chak Shah Muhammad
Chak Shah Muhammad is located in Pakistan
Chak Shah Muhammad
Chak Shah Muhammad
Coordinates: 33°59′27″N 72°57′38″E / 33.9908°N 72.9605°E / 33.9908; 72.9605
Country Pakistan
ProvinceKhyber Pakhtunkhwa
Elevation
562 m (1,844 ft)
Time zoneUTC+5 (PST)

Chak Shah Muhammad is a feudal village in Haripur District in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. A small farming village of low brick houses, poultry farms and wheat fields, Osama bin Laden allegedly lived in the village for two and a half years prior to moving to a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan on 6 January 2006, after he fled from Tora Bora caves to avoid capture by U.S. forces in December 2001. bin Laden arrived in Pakistan in January 2002. [1][2][3] It has a population of 1,500.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 Gall, Carlotta (7 May 2011). "Secret Held if Bin Laden Lived Here, Village Says". The New York Times. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  2. Khan, Ismail (7 May 2011). "Osama lived in Haripur before moving to Abbottabad". Dawn. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  3. "Was Remote Pakistani Village A Bin Laden Hideout?". Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty. 9 May 2011. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
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