The group, which sheltered Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and has since led a bloody insurgency against American and allied troops in Afghanistan, said Mullah Mohammad Omar had actually died “a while ago” from an unspecified illness.
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The group, which sheltered Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda before the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks and has since led a bloody insurgency against American and allied troops in Afghanistan, said Mullah Mohammad Omar had actually died “a while ago” from an unspecified illness.