Afghan TV claims Mullah Omar killed, Taliban deny
DAWN.COM (11 minutes ago) Today
ISLAMABAD: A senior Pakistani security official said on Monday he could not confirm a media report that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had been killed.
I am making queries, the official said, requesting anonymity. I cant confirm it.
On Monday, Afghanistans privately owned TOLO television reported Omar had been killed in Pakistan, while on the way from Quetta to North Waziristan. There was no immediate comment from the Taliban.
http://www.dawn.com/2011/05/23/afgha...iban-deny.html
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Taliban leader Mullah Omar killed in Pakistan
KABUL, May 23 (Xinhua) -- Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been killed in Pakistan, a private television channel reported Monday.
"Mullah Omar was killed on way from Quetta to North Waziristan, " TOLO television said in its news bulletin.
However, it did not provide details on how he was killed and by whom.
Meanwhile, a security official confirmed the killing, saying, " It is correct that Mullah Omar has been killed."
The official emphasized that Mullah Omar was killed inside Pakistan.
Taliban militants fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan have yet to make comment.
Mullah Omar has survived massive U.S. military manhunt since the collapse of Taliban regime by U.S-led invasion in late 2001 for sheltering al-Qaida chief Osama Bin Laden.
U.S. commandos killed Bin Laden in a raid on his hideout in Pakistan on May 2.
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