Ray Rivera And Carlotta Gall New York Times

The Taliban said on Monday that its leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, is alive and "living in a safe place," disputing reports coming from inside Afghanistan's intelligence agency indicating that he had been killed in Pakistan two days ago. A senior Afghan official said the Afghan intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security, had the info...

The Taliban said on Monday that its leader, Mullah Muhammad Omar, is alive and "living in a safe place," disputing reports coming from inside Afghanistan's intelligence agency indicating that he had been killed in Pakistan two days ago. A senior Afghan official said the Afghan intelligence service, the National Directorate of Security, had the info...