Death
On 29 July 2015, the Afghan government and state intelligence sources said that Omar had died in April 2013 two years previously of tuberculosis, despite the Taliban never actually reporting on his death. Some Taliban sources denied that he had died; other sources considered the report to be speculative, designed to destabilise peace negotiations in Pakistan between the Afghan government and the Taliban. A Taliban spokesman said that they would issue a statement.[13] Abdul Hassib Seddiqi, the spokesman for Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security, claimed: "We confirm officially that he is dead". Afghan government officials claimed that he died in Pakistan.[14]
It was later learned that he died in Afghanistan, not Pakistan.[15]
References
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- ↑ Taneja, Kabir. "The Taliban has trumped the US in Afghanistan". ORF. Retrieved 2022-10-31.
- ↑ Rashid, Taliban, (2001) p.23
- 1 2 "Wanted Poster on Omar". Rewards for Justice Program. US Department of State. Archived from the original on 2006-10-05. Retrieved 2009-09-26.
- ↑ CNN.com - Source: Mullah Omar in Pakistan - Sep 9, 2006
- 1 2 Who is the real Mullah Omar? Daily Telegraph, 22 December 2001[permanent dead link]
- 1 2 Griffiths, John, C. "Afghanistan: A History of Conflict", 1981. Second Revision 2001.
- ↑ Christian Science Monitor, The reclusive ruler who runs the Taliban
- ↑ Afghanistan: Taliban Preps for Bloody Assault, Newsweek, 5 March 2007
- ↑ 'US strike' kills Taleban leader. BBC News
- ↑ "Taliban leader Mullah Omar 'sent letter to Barack Obama'". The Daily Telegraph. London. 3 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ↑ "Amid peace bid, U.S. received purported letter from Taliban". Reuters. 3 February 2012. Archived from the original on 4 February 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2012.
- ↑ "Taliban conflict: Afghanistan probes Mullah Omar 'death' claim". BBC News. 29 July 2015.
- ↑ "Afghan intelligence: Taliban leader Mullah Omar dead". Archived from the original on 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-07-29.
- ↑ Emma Graham-Harrison (10 March 2019). "Fugitive Taliban leader lived short walk from US base, book reveals". The Guardian.
- Rashid, Ahmad (2001). Taliban: The Story of the Afghan Warlords. Pan Books. ISBN 0-330-49221-7.