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By IANS, Islamabad : Taliban leader Mullah Omar has not been arrested in Pakistan, a Taliban spokesperson has said. Zabeeh Ullah told a TV channel that the news of Mullah Omar's arrest was a US and NATO propaganda and claimed that the US was employing such tactics to save face. He insisted that Mullah Omar was still in Afghanistan, The Nation reported Tuesday.

By IANS, Kabul/Islamabad: One-eyed Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been killed in Pakistan, an Afghan TV channel said Monday. The Taliban promptly denied this.

Kabul : Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has pledged allegiance to the newly-appointed Taliban chief Mullah Mohammad Akhtar Mansoor, the media reported on Thursday. “We...

By IANS, Kabul : At least 20 Taliban militants, including four commanders, have been killed in Afghanistan's Helmand province, Xinhua reported Tuesday.

By IANS, Kabul : Afghan Taliban Wednesday said the report of release of Mullah Baradar from a Pakistani jail was baseless.

Washington: President Barack Obama's administration has called reports about the death of Taliban leader Mullah Omar "credible". "We do believe the reports of his death...

By Xinhua, Kabul : Afghan President Hamid Karzai Sunday called upon the Taliban's leader Mullah Mohammad Omar to give up fighting and help in rebuilding the country. "As an Afghan, I call on Mullah Mohammad Omar Akhund, Mullah Brother and Mullah Abdul Razaq Akhund to give up fighting, return home and play a role in reconstruction of Afghanistan," he told newsmen at a press conference after touring Poland, New York and London. Mullah Brother, Mulllah Abdul Razaq and Mullah Mansoor are said to be close aide to Omar.

By Xinhua, Kabul : A Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Salam has surrendered to the authorities in Afghanistan's northwest Badghis province, a media report said Tuesday. "Mullah Abdul Salam along with one of his comrades surrendered to the government and handed over two pieces of weapons," daily 8 Subh reported. The newspaper quoted the police chief of the province Syed Ahmad Sami as saying that mediation of elders had played a significant role in convincing Mullah Salam to lay down arms.

By IANS, Islamabad : Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday denied reports that Taliban chief Mullah Omar had been arrested in the country, saying Omar was still in Afghanistan. Mullah Omar is not in the custody of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) and is still in Kandahar in Afghanistan, Xinhua quoted Malik as telling Dawn News channel. Malik also said that Osama bin Laden was neither in Pakistan territory nor near the international border areas near Afghanistan.

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London: The leader of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammed Omar, has died, BBC reported on Wednesday quoting Afghan officials. The militant group has not commented...

By IANS, Baghdad : Security forces have killed a key Taliban commander named Mullah Isa in the western Herat province, an army officer Naqibullah Balouch said Wednesday.

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By IANS/AKI, Karachi : A close aide of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and former governor of Afghanistan's Oruzgan province, Abdul Hai Salik, was arrested here Thursday, a media report said. Salik and one of his associates, Zaki Izzat Mohammad, were arrested in Karachi's Sohrab Goath area, Aaj News reported. While Salik is the alleged mastermind behind attacks against US and NATO forces, Mohammad is one the richest men in Egypt and is allegedly involved in financing the Al Qaeda terrorist network, the report said.

By DPA, Kabul : Afghan President Hamid Karzai said Sunday his country was victim of terrorism coming from the border with Pakistan and vowed to fight on Pakistani soil in "self-defence." Speaking to reporters in his fortified presidential palace, Karzai said three Pakistani Taliban leaders - Baitullah Mehsud, Mullah Fazilullah, and Mullah Omar - warned they would come to Afghanistan and fight the Afghan or international forces. "Our patience is running thin, thousands of people are sent to our country, our houses are burnt, our schools are burnt," Karzai said.

By IANS, Islamabad : The new chief of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Mullah Fazlullah has arrived in Pakistan, a media report said Tuesday.

By Xinhua, Kabul : Gun battle between government troops and militants in Afghanistan's western Farah province left several insurgents including four of their commanders dead, a statement of Afghan Defense Ministry said Thursday. "In the operation launched in Shiwan area of Balablok district in Farah province Wednesday several militants including their four commanders were killed," the statement said. Mullah Noor Ali, Mullah Baz Mohammad, Mullah Murad Uruzgani, Mullah Salam and Mullah Tor Helmandi were killed along with several of their men in the operation, it said.

By IANS, Kabul : A Taliban commander named Mullah Zahid was killed Friday in Afghanistan's Kunar province, police said. "A group of Taliban rebels under Mullah...

By DPA, Kabul: Pakistan was ready to hand over captured Taliban leaders to Kabul after a high-level meeting between security officials of the two neighbours, the Afghan presidential palace said Thursday. Pakistani security forces detained at least three Taliban officials, including Mullah Abdul Ghani, known as Mullah Baradar, in separate raids earlier this month. "The government of Pakistan has accepted the request from Afghanistan to extradite Mullah Baradar and other Taliban in its custody," the Afghan presidential palace said in a statement.

By IANS, Kabul: Twenty Taliban fighters, among them a key rebel commander, Monday laid down arms in eastern Afghanistan to join a government peace process.