The three widows and children of Osama Bin¹ Laden² have been deported³ to Saudi Arabia from the Pakistani capital, Islamabad, officials say.

巴基斯坦官员称，奥萨马·本·拉登的三位寡妇妻子和孩子们已离开首都伊斯兰堡前往沙特阿拉伯。

It follows a year in Pakistani custody⁴ since the death of the al-Qaeda leader.

The three widows, who are believed to have 11 children, left the house in a minibus amid tight security to board a special flight to the Gulf⁵ kingdom.

Bin Laden was killed by US special forces a year ago in the north-west Pakistani city of Abbottabad.

Pakistani police used sheets to obscure（遮掩） the view as Bin Laden's wives and children got on board a minivan（小型货车） at their Islamabad residence.

They were detained immediately after the pre-dawn raid in which he was killed on 2 May 2011.

His wives and two eldest⁶ children were eventually charged with staying in Pakistan illegally, and last week completed a 45-day term of imprisonment⁷ at the villa⁸.

The widows were held at the house in the capital which was designated as a "sub-jail", and all the rest of their children stayed with them.

They were also sentenced to deportation⁹.

The Ministry¹⁰ of the Interior, which was responsible for the family, issued a statement saying it had "passed orders for the deportation of 14 members of OBL family in pursuance of（根据，按照） the Court orders".

"The family was kept safe and sound（安然无恙） in a guest house... They have been deported to the country of their choice, Saudi Arabia, today," it added.