Osama Bin Laden's Wives Charged in Pakistan ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - Pakistan's interior minister said Thursday that Osama Bin Laden's three wives had been charged with illegally entering the country, in the first legal action against them since they were taken into custody after their husband's death in May. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said the women's case was turned over to the Federal Investigation Agency and that they were being kept under house arrest in a "comfortable five-bedroom house" in the capital. Their children, however, could be repatriated to their native countries if they wish, he said in brief comments to reporters at a local arts gallery. "A case has been filed against the wives but not against any of the children," Mr. Malik was quoted as saying. However, he offered few details other than to say the family had failed to provide any travel documents, and he declined to comment when the hearing against the wives took place or when a trial would begin. The interior minister's comments come a day after he testified before the official inquiry commission, known here as the Abbottabad Commission, completes its findings. During the six-hour long briefing Wednesday, Mr. Malik told the commission that the government had been unaware of Bin Laden's presence in the northern town of Abbottabad, which also houses a military academy. Bin Laden's wives have told Pakistani prosecutors that the founder of Al Qaeda had been living there since 2005. No official announcement has been made about when the inquiry commission, which is led by a former Supreme Court judge, is expected to finalize and release its findings. Earlier this month, Zakaria Ahmed al-Sadah, a brother-in-law of Osama Bin Laden, appealed to Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to order Pakistani authorities to release his sister, Amal Ahmed al-Sadah, and her five children. She is one of three wives of Bin Laden, who have been in Pakistani custody since the May 2 night raid by American commandos that killed Bin Laden. The raid was highly embarrassing for the country's military and spy agency, the ISI, which have grappled with allegations of complicity in protecting Bin Laden as well as biting accusations of incompetence in tracking him.