‘Key lost’: US authorities deny Fowzia-Aafia Siddiqui meeting

Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui failed to meet her incarcerated sister Dr. Aafia Siddiqui in United States as authorities claimed to have 'lost' the keys of the prison.

According to the details, Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui is in America these days to meet her sister but she was denied the meeting despite official permission from government officials in Washington.

In a video statement, Dr. Fowzia Siddiqui said she reached the jail but could not meet Aafia Siddiqui as the jail staff told her that they had1‘misplaced’ the prison key.

Emotional Fowzia said Aafia Siddiqui was in front of her in the cell but she could not meet her.

It is to be noted that Fowzia Siddiqui met Aafia in May, earlier this year, for the first time after 20 years of imprisonment in US.

In 2003, Aafia Siddiqui was wanted by the Federal Board of Ivestigation for questioning for possible ties to al Qaeda and was detained by Pakistani authorities, according to US media reports at the time.

US officials alleged that when the Afghan police captured Siddiqui in July 2008, she was carrying two pounds (900 grams) of sodium cyanide, which releases a highly toxic gas, notes that referred to a mass casualty attack, and a list of US landmarks.

Siddiqui was never charged with links to terrorism. The FBI agents, US soldiers, and interpreters said that as they were about to interrogate her at an Afghan police compound in Ghazni, Afghanistan, she grabbed a rifle and began shooting at them. None of them were wounded, but Siddiqui was shot in the abdomen when they returned fire.