Taliban leader Mullah Omar dead

[RUCCI]

The death of the Taliban's supreme commander, Mullah Mohammad Omar, has been confirmed by Pakistani authorities to Afghan government officials, according to media reports.

The leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has died, Afghan officials say, but the militant group has not commented on the claim.

A Taliban spokesman contacted by the BBC said the group would issue a statement shortly.

There have been several reports of Mullah Omar's death in the past.

However, this is the first to be confirmed by top sources in the Afghan government.

Mullah Omar led the Taliban to victory over rival Afghan militias in the civil war that followed the withdrawal of Soviet troops.

His alliance with al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden prompted the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on New York and Washington.

Mullah Omar has since been in hiding, with a $10m US state department bounty on his head.

Over the years, the Taliban have released several messages purported to be from the fugitive leader.

The latest of these statements, from mid-July, expressed support for peace talks between the Taliban and the Afghan government.

However, the message was in the form of a text published on a Taliban website, rather than an audio or video recording - fuelling rumours that the leader was dead or incapacitated.

Source: BBC

 

[Dragoon]

Sipendi huyu jamaa afe, namfagilia

 

[kikuna]

R.I.P mullah but mapambano yanaendelea....

 

[MATHIAS KABYEMERA]

Jamaa anatisha hata kumuangalia!

 

[kmayunga]

Alifikiri ataishi milele ?

 

[hippocratessocrates]

Kati ya viongozi wa ki_Taliban aliyechukia Amerika huyu ndiye, pia moja kati ya viongozi ambao Osama Bin Laden mwenyewe aliwaheshimu.

 

[makameZNZ]

Sipendi huyu jamaa afe, namfagilia

Yeah, achilia mbali chuki za kudini mtu alizonazo au ushabiki, jamaa yuko sawa, anayebisha haya, mtafute Yvoyne ridles ambae alitoa kitabu chake WA afghan Taliban km watu wakarimi kitabu kinaitwa on the hands of taliban

 

[Daudi Mchambuzi]

CC to FaizaFoxy

 

[Mgirik]

Dah! R.I.P mular omar nilikuwa namkubali sana huyu jamaa,

 

[Camilo Cienfuegos]

Hivi ni kweli ana chongo? mpaka leo bado ni utata.

 

[myoyambendi]

Hivi ni kweli ana chongo? mpaka leo bado ni utata.

alipata chongo wakati wakiwa na vita na urusi, enzi za mujjahidina

 

[msumeno]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayihi Rajooon.... Bendera itakamatwa na mwingine

 

[mikatabafeki]

​Bado anayejiita young Mullah kule Marekani bwana Weezy

 

[FaizaFoxy]

Qur'an 2:154. Wala msiseme kuwa wale walio uwawa katika Njia ya Mwenyezi Mungu ni maiti; bali hao ni wahai, lakini nyinyi hamtambui. ***

 

[Nonda]

Yeah, achilia mbali chuki za kudini mtu alizonazo au ushabiki, jamaa yuko sawa, anayebisha haya, mtafute Yvoyne ridles ambae alitoa kitabu chake WA afghan Taliban km watu wakarimi kitabu kinaitwa on the hands of taliban