New York, May 16: Faisal Shahzad, the Pakistani- American, accused in the Times Square bombing plot, wanted to fight in Afghanistan, alarming his father, a retired Vice Marshal in PAF, who sought help from friends to “manage” his son, a leading American newspaper reported today.
During a visit to Pakistan in 2008, Shahzad gave perhaps the clearest indication yet that he was heading down a militant path, the New York Times reported.
“He (Shahzad) asked his father (Bahar-ul-Haq) for permission to fight in Afghanistan, friends of the father and the relative recalled. Mr Haq denied the request and appealed to the friends for help in managing his son,” the paper quoted them as saying.
It also said that Shahzad began to have clashes with his father on his visits to home.
–Agencies