Afghanistan: Taliban leader Mullah Omar died in 2013, Afghan Government says
Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar died more than two years ago in a hospital in Pakistan of an unknown illness, a senior Afghan intelligence agency official told CNN on condition of anonymity Wednesday.
Separately, an adviser to the country’s chief executive said Mullah Omar is believed to be dead.
“All odds and indications point to the fact that he has been dead for at least two years,” said Omar Samad, senior adviser to Afghan Chief Executive Abdullah Abdullah.
The intelligence official described Mullah Omar as having happened 28 months ago in a hospital in Karachi, Pakistan.