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Taliban’s spiritual leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is dead, according to at least two reliable reported from Afghanistan, although previous reports of his death have not been verified.
Taliban has not commented.
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Omar has been in hiding since 2001, when a U.S.-led coalition woke up after 9/11 and waged war on the terrorist organization, and it is possible that the report of his death comes two years after the fact.
Omar previously suffered from depression and a mental breakdown.
He has continued to lead Taliban, or someone has led it in his name, and there have been efforts to reach a peace accord between the terrorist organization and the Afghan government.
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