Monday, May 23, 2011

Afghan Intelligence: Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Was Killed In Pakistan

File photo of Mullah Mohammad Omar.

Taliban Denies Reports Of Mullah Omar's Death -- L.A. Times

A spokesman says the fugitive Taliban leader is alive in Afghanistan. There is no confirmation of reports by several media outlets that he died in Pakistan.

KABUL, Afghanistan — A Taliban spokesman on Monday vehemently denied a swirl of rumors that the movement's spiritual leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, had died or been killed.

The spokesman, Zabiullah Mujahid, said by telephone that Omar -- the one-eyed, self-declared "commander of the faithful" who has long been thought to be hiding in Pakistan -- was alive and well in Afghanistan, directing the group's military campaign.

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