Reports of Mullah Omar's death are greatly exaggerated
Taliban leader Mullah Omar was supposedly killed two days ago in Pakistan according to an unnamed Afghan defense official who provided this information to TOLOnews on Monday. However, another Afghan defense spokesperson, Lutfullah Mashal, refused to divulge any information beyond logistical details related to Omar’s physical relocation. Mashal told TOLOnews:
"We confirm that Gen. Hamid Gul moved him from Quetta to North Waziristan two days ago, but we cannot confirm his death right now," said Mr Mashal.
This would fulfill last week’s prediction by an Afghan security official who mentioned that Pakistan’s spy agency was scheming to move Mullah Omar from Pakistan to Afghanistan, because the Pakistanis wanted him killed on Afghan soil.