Officials: Pakistan closes offices of Save the Children aid group without giving reason
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Officials say Pakistan has shut the offices of the international aid group Save the Children in the capital, Islamabad, without giving any reason.
Pakistani officials late Thursday placed a lock on the gate of the group's offices and asked employees to leave.
On Friday, two government officials said the action was taken on orders from the Ministry of Interior
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
Save the Children has previously been accused by Pakistani intelligence agencies of facilitating a Pakistani doctor's vaccinations program in the city of Abbottabad as cover for the CIA to obtain DNA samples at a compound where al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden was later killed by U.S. commandos.