Chak Shah Muhammad Explained

Official Name:Chak Shah Muhammad
Mapsize:150 px
Coordinates:33.9908°N 72.9605°W
Pushpin Map:Pakistan
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Pakistan
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Population As Of:1998
Elevation M:562
Area Code Type:Calling code
Timezone1:PST
Utc Offset1:+5

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, 4 months after 9/11.[1] [2] [3] It has a population of 1,500.[1]

Notes and References

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