Idea that killing cecil was illegal. This is Al Jazeera America live from new york city. The Afghan Taliban is denying the reports that its long time leader mullah omar has died. They say they have credible evidence that he died in 2013 in pakistan. He headed the tap ban in the 199s but fled after the u. S. Led invasion in 2001. The state Department Said it is still looking into the reports. Jennifer glasse is live in kabul for us. Jennifer, good morning to you. What are the afghan officials saying . Well, the afghan president s Office Issued a statement saying saying that it has credible evidence that the afghan leader mullah omar died in 2013. The spokesman for the told al jazeera that he decide in a hospital in karachi pakistan, in april april 2013. The of a afghan it will ban saying these reports are not true. Refresh our memory of who mullah omar was and what did he. Omar was a young mujahideen leader who fought the soviets in the 1980s. He founded the Taliban Movement, which took
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Online Campaign Honors Memory of Taliban Founder Mullah Omar
As discussions heat up on the withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, the Taliban and its supporters have started a campaign on Twitter honoring the group s founding leader Mullah Mohammad Omar. One of his speeches as well as his photos are being shown publically for the first time.
Articles and memories about him are also being shared.
The Taliban says the campaign has been launched along with the arrival of the eighth anniversary of Mullah Omar s death, and to accompany a book that has been published about his life.
His death was made public on April 23, 2013. His supporters created a hashtag after his name and published photos from his youth. At the time of his death, Omar was blind in one eye, and the pictures reveal this, although there have been pictures from his youth published in which both of his eyes appear healthy.