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Afghan Taliban officially confirmed on Thursday Mullah Omar’s death, hours after the group elected Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as the new Afghan Taliban supreme leader.
Mullah Omar’s family and the Taliban leadership council in a statement confirmed that Mullah Omar passed away in a peaceful manner.
A statement released by the Afghan Taliban said, “Mullah Omar never visited Pakistan or any other country except Afghanistan.”
“Mullah Omar led his movement from Afghanistan,” it added.
Further, the statement said, “Mullah Omar died owing to an illness some time ago and he died within two weeks of contracting the disease.” However, the statement did not disclose the location of his death. Earlier, Afghan intelligence had said the Afghan supremo had died in a hospital in Karachi................