Pakistan Taliban denies killing of Mullah Omar (Lead)
May 23rd, 2011 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, May 23 (IANS) The Pakistani Taliban Monday said that news reports stating that Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar had been killed in Pakistan were not true, Geo TV reported.
“Tahreek-e-Taliban has strongly denied that Mulla Omar was killed, while he was on his way from Quetta to Waziristan, as claimed by the Afghan intelligence agency and a section of the media reported,” Geo TV said.
Earlier reports quoted Afghan intelligence officials as saying that Mullah Omar was killed in Pakistan, but did not provide any details.
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