Mondy, May 23 – According to local media reports, Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been killed in Pakistan. According to local media reprots, security officials in Afghanistan have confirmed the killing of Mullah Omar. The circumstances around Omar’s killing were not clear yet.
Omar was shot dead as he was being moved from Quetta to North Waziristan two days ago, a local media TV reported on Monday.
This comes close on the heels of Osama bin Laden killed by US forces in Pakistan’s Abbottabad.
But Taliban are denying a report in the Afghan press that Mullah Mohammad Omar has been killed in neighboring Pakistan, saying the leader of the insurgent group is alive and in Afghanistan. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that the report is absolutely wrong.
He further said, “It’s only propaganda and we completely deny these rumors. He is inside Afghanistan and he is busy directing military operations with his commanders.”
On the other hand, Pakistani Taliban have also denied the reports that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar had been killed in.
