Afghan intelligence: Taliban leader dead

(29 Jul 2015) Afghanistan's main intelligence agency said on Wednesday that the reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been dead for more than two years. Abdul Hassib Sediqi, a spokesman for Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security, confirmed that Omar had died in a hospital in the Pakistani city of Karachi in April 2013. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...