Details emerge on woman accused of al-Qaida ties (AP)

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AP - Newly filed court records reveal evidence regarding the life of a U.S.-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative.

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A U.S.-trained scientist accused of being an al-Qaida operative was living freely in Pakistan and Afghanistan for portions of the five years before her arrest last year, a psychologist says, disputing claims that the scientist had spent those years in the custody of foreign authorities.

Newly public court documents contain reports by psychologists who treated Aafia Siddiqui after she was arrested in Afghanistan in July 2008 and was charged with taking a gun and shooting at U.S. soldiers and FBI agents. She was shot in the abdomen in the encounter.

The testimony of the mental health experts will be at issue beginning Monday at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan to determine whether the 37-year-old Pakistani is competent to stand trial.