Taliban leader Mullah Omar dead?
July 29, 2015 15:04
Taliban leader Mullah Omar has died, Afghan government sources say, but the militant group has not commented. However, this is not the first time that Afghani officials have reported on Omar's death.
Omar has always functioned more as the spiritual and ideological leader of the movement than as an operational commander.
Officials in the presidential palace said Mullah Omar was in custody of the Pakistani security forces in Karachi. Aimal Faizi, spokesman for former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said the issue was shared by the US Secretary of State John Kerry.
Omar has always functioned more as the spiritual and ideological leader of the movement than as an operational commander.
His inner circle, made up of village mullahs who have known one another for decades, has provided the active leadership of the Taliban's many local factions.
Officials in the presidential palace said Mullah Omar was in custody of the Pakistani security forces in Karachi. Aimal Faizi, spokesman for former Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai said the issue was shared by the US Secretary of State John Kerry.
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