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Summary Dr Zaheer Ahmed was accused by US authorities of working for Pakistan spy agency.
A doctor charged in the United States with working for Pakistans spy agency to influence American lawmakers on their policy toward the disputed Kashmir region has died in Islamabad after suffering a stroke.Dr. Zaheer Ahmed was one of two people accused in the case, which has complicated strained relations between Pakistan and the United States.Hospital spokesman Azmatullah Qureshi says Ahmed died Friday after a stroke on Sept. 28.US prosecutors accused Ahmed of recruiting people to act as straw donors who would give money to a pro-Kashmir group in Washington that really was coming from the Pakistani government.Ahmed was not arrested in Pakistan and never commented on the allegations. He had dual US and Pakistani citizenship.
