Afghan Taliban blasts Mullah Omar’s arrest report as US propaganda
July 6th, 2010 - 4:47 pm ICT by ANI
Islamabad, July 6 (ANI): The Afghan Taliban has rejected reports about its chieftain Mullah Mohammed Omar being arrested in Karachi in March this year.
Taliban spokesperson Zabeehullah described media reports about Mullah Omar’s arrest as US propaganda.
“The US is employing such tactics to save its face. Mullah Omar is still in Afghanistan,” The Nation quoted Zabeehullah, as saying.
It may be noted that a former US Homeland Security Department official, Brad Thor, wrote on his blog that Omar, who has a 25 million dollar bounty on his head, was nabbed in Karachi on March 27.
In November 2009, the Washington Times had reported that Omar, assisted by the Inter Services Intelligence (ISI), had moved to Karachi in October.
Bred is said to have close links with the US Army.
So far, there has been no official statement regarding the blogger’s claim either from the US Defence Department or Pakistani officials. (ANI)
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