Taliban chief Mullah Omar killed in Pak: media reports

Omar follows son-in-law Osama to a gory end

GN Bureau | May 23, 2011




Afghan taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been killed in Pakistan, according to Afghan media reports.

"Mullah Omar was killed on way from Quetta to North Waziristan," Chinese news agency Xinhua said, quoting a Kabul-based television channel.

However, details of the killing are yet to emerge as statement is awaited from the Pakistani sources. Meanwhile, Afghan security officials have confirmed the killing further stating that Omar's body is being housed at a local coroner's office, NDTV reported. The Indian news channel also reported that the Afghan taliban have denied reports of the killing and have said that their leader is till "alive".

Omar had survived US military manhunt since the collapse of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan in 2001 following US-led counter-terrorist strikes.

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