On Wednesday the Afghani government finally
confirmed the rumors that Mullah Omar, the leader of
Taliban, is dead.
The Afghani president’s spokesman stated: “The government
of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, based on credible
information, confirms that Mullah Mohammad Omar, leader
of the Taliban died in April 2013 in Pakistan. The
government of Afghanistan believes that grounds for the
Afghan peace talks are more paved now than before, and
thus calls on all armed opposition groups to seize the
opportunity and join the peace process.”
It was also noted that Omar had died more than two years
before.
A spokesman for the National Directorate of Security Abdul
Hassib Seddiqi said that terrorist died of natural causes in a
hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.
The source states that only a handful of senior members of
the Taliban’s ruling “Quetta Shura” knew about Omar’s
demise, but the rumor has been widespread even among
members of the Islamic extremist group and has cropped up
repeatedly in local media reports.
CBS News notes that Omar was an ethnic Pashtun, like the
vast majority of his Taliban followers, from the Hotak tribe,
and was generally believed to have been born in the late
1950s near Kandahar. It also marks that he was part of the
U.S.-backed “mujahedeen” movement that ousted the
Soviets from Afghanistan in the 1980s, and it was during that
fighting that he lost his eye..
confirmed the rumors that Mullah Omar, the leader of
Taliban, is dead.
The Afghani president’s spokesman stated: “The government
of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, based on credible
information, confirms that Mullah Mohammad Omar, leader
of the Taliban died in April 2013 in Pakistan. The
government of Afghanistan believes that grounds for the
Afghan peace talks are more paved now than before, and
thus calls on all armed opposition groups to seize the
opportunity and join the peace process.”
It was also noted that Omar had died more than two years
before.
A spokesman for the National Directorate of Security Abdul
Hassib Seddiqi said that terrorist died of natural causes in a
hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.
The source states that only a handful of senior members of
the Taliban’s ruling “Quetta Shura” knew about Omar’s
demise, but the rumor has been widespread even among
members of the Islamic extremist group and has cropped up
repeatedly in local media reports.
CBS News notes that Omar was an ethnic Pashtun, like the
vast majority of his Taliban followers, from the Hotak tribe,
and was generally believed to have been born in the late
1950s near Kandahar. It also marks that he was part of the
U.S.-backed “mujahedeen” movement that ousted the
Soviets from Afghanistan in the 1980s, and it was during that
fighting that he lost his eye..
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