In an effort to prove that Mullah Omar remains alive and engaged, the Taliban has periodically released messages allegedly from the leader.
Source/Credit: Agencies
By FP / NYT | July 29, 2015
The Afghan government is investigating reports that Taliban leader Mullah Omar has died. Top sources within the Afghan administration and intelligence agency alleged that the militant leader had died two to three years ago in a hospital in Pakistan.
The Taliban has yet to comment on the claim.
Mullah Omar rose to power in the 1990s, leading the Taliban to victory over rival Afghan militias in the civil war that followed Soviet occupation. Yet in the wake of the American invasion of Afghanistan, the militant leader went into hiding, with a $10m bounty on his head.
In an effort to prove that Mullah Omar remains alive and engaged, the Taliban has periodically released messages allegedly from the leader.
The most recent statement, which came in mid-July, was a letter published on a Taliban website in support of peace talks. (FP)
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The announcement follows months of increasing speculation that Mullah Omar had died.
The issue has become a major point of disgruntlement within the Taliban itself, with some commanders splitting off because they had not seen the leader for years. (NYT)
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