Pakistan Taliban Denies Killing Of Mullah Omar
By STAFF Writer
MONDAY, May 23, 2011
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been reported to be killed in Pakistan on Monday, states Afghanistan's TOLO television channel.
The channel said, "Mullah Omar was killed on way from Quetta to North Waziristan."
TOTOnews stated that the one-eyed spiritual leader of Taliban movement was shot dead and he was being moved to North Waziristan from Quetta.
Details have not been availed about who killed him and how.
A security official has confirmed Omar's killing without disclosing details. He said, "It is correct that Mullah Omar has been killed."
Mullah Omar was Afghanistan's de facto head of state between 1996 and 2001. He was on the wanted list of FBI.
The Taliban have denied the killing reports of Omar.
MONDAY, May 23, 2011
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been reported to be killed in Pakistan on Monday, states Afghanistan's TOLO television channel.
The channel said, "Mullah Omar was killed on way from Quetta to North Waziristan."
TOTOnews stated that the one-eyed spiritual leader of Taliban movement was shot dead and he was being moved to North Waziristan from Quetta.
Details have not been availed about who killed him and how.
A security official has confirmed Omar's killing without disclosing details. He said, "It is correct that Mullah Omar has been killed."
Mullah Omar was Afghanistan's de facto head of state between 1996 and 2001. He was on the wanted list of FBI.
The Taliban have denied the killing reports of Omar.
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