Washington: Former US President Barack Obama has said that he refused to involve Pakistan in a campaign to raid the whereabouts of terrorist Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad, because it was 'well known' that Pakistan's military, especially his Some elements in the intelligence service belonged to the Taliban and possibly to Al Qaeda and used them as strategic capital against Afghanistan and India many times.

Obama, in his recent book titled 'A Promised Land', gives information about the raids in Abbottabad during his tenure as President. The world's most wanted terrorist, Laden, was killed on May 2, 2011 in this action of American commandos. Obama said that this excessive intelligence operation was opposed by the then Defense Minister Robert Gates and former Vice President and current elected President Joe Biden. Obama said that several options were considered to kill him after the matter was cleared of Laden's stay in a hideout outside the Pakistani military cantonment in Abbottabad.

He said, "We knew that if anyone got a little clue of our move in relation to bin Laden, the chance would go out of our hands, that's why only few people in the entire federal government plan to campaign." He wrote," There was another obstacle in front of us: Pakistan could not be included in whatever option we chose. "

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