Pakistan allowed Chinese military engineers to photograph and take samples from the top-secret stealth helicopter that US special forces left behind when they killed Osama bin Laden, the Financial Times has learnt.
The action is the latest to underscore the increasing lack of trust between Islamabad and Washington after the raid.
“The US now has information that Pakistan, particularly the ISI, gave access to the Chinese military to the downed helicopter in Abbottabad,” said one person in intelligence circles, referring to the Pakistani spy agency. Chinese engineers were allowed to survey the wreckage and take samples of the “stealth” skin that allowed the team to enter Pakistan undetected by radar, he said.