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Afghan Spies Say Founding Taliban Leader Reportedly Died In 2013

150 Taliban Militants Surrender in Afghanistan

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Mullah Muhammad Omar, the founder and spiritual leader of the Taliban, may have died in a Pakistani hospital back in 2013, according to reports from an Afghani intelligence service. It is unknown how the spy agency obtained this information and it’s long been rumored that Mullah Omar died. Mullah Omar’s son, Yaqoub, has allegedly taken over leadership of the terrorist group. Read more at the New York Times.

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