(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - In a report published on Wednesday, The New York Times quoted informed sources, as saying that the fate of the CIA informants arrested in Pakistan was unclear.
A senior Pakistani army major is said to be among those arrested in connection with the early May raid by US Special Forces in the garrison town of Abbottabad, it added.
The report also noted that CIA Director Leon Panetta had raised the issue of the informants' detention with senior Pakistani military and intelligence officials during a trip to the capital Islamabad last week.
The developments come after US President Barack Obama announced that the al-Qaeda leader had been killed in a military attack on a compound near Islamabad.
The Pakistani government has acknowledged that it had no knowledge of the raid on its soil before it took place.
Senior US officials in Washington say it was decided that working with Pakistan could jeopardize the mission.
This also comes as pressure mounts on Islamabad to explain how bin Laden managed to hide out in the compound near a military camp for several years.
Security officials in Islamabad say that American helicopters had flown into Pakistan "undetected" using "blind spots" on the radar.
The Islamabad military also says it dispatched fighter jets within minutes once it realized the helicopters were operating in its air space.
Pakistani lawmakers have recently passed a resolution condemning the US raid that allegedly killed bin Laden, demanding a review of ties with the US and other Western countries.
They have warned that the repetition of such attacks could have dire consequences for peace and security in the region and the world.
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