In the U.S., she’s considered a terrorist. At home in Pakistan, she’s a hero. Aafia Siddiqui, an M.I.T.-educated, Pakistani neuroscientist was convicted of attempting to kill American soldiers and F.B.I. agents in a Manhattan Federal District Court on Thursday. The BBC’s Adam Mynott reports live from Islamabad.
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