It was Pakistan forces who attacked the compound in Abbotabad.It was Pakistan forces who took away the captives.On 4 May 2011, The UK Daily Telegraph's Peter Osborne has an excellent report on what happened at Abbottabad. (The mysterious Khan family.)Peter Osborne reports:Mohammed Qasim is a farmer’s boy who lives right next to the compound in Abbottabad.A special forces helicopter landed in the field just behind his house.Masked men emerged. Mohammed Qasim said they spoke fluent Pashtu, a language of Pakistan.
He heard them 'smash their way into' the compound.Twenty minutes later, he heard the helicopters depart with their captives.Mohammed Qasim's father was seized by soldiers during the raid.(The mysterious Khan family.)According to Mohammed Qasim, two families had been living in the compound. They were headed by Arshad Khan, 'in his forties', and his young brother Tariq. They spoke perfect Pashtu (a language of Pakistan)
Mohammed Qasim said the Khans had eight or nine children, including Abdur Rahman and Khalid, both six or seven years old; two or three women lived in the house. These children also spoke Pashtu.Every morning the mothers and their children would leave the house a Suzuki van. Mohammed Qasim insisted that he never saw Osama bin Laden.He said: "I don't believe he was there."Peter Osborne could see "practically no signs of a fight" when he arrived at the Khan’s family house. "No bullet marks punctured the walls."
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