[Hurriyet Daily News] The Taliban on July 30 confirmed the death of their leader Mullah Omar... a minor Pashtun commander in the war against the Soviets who made good as leader of the Taliban. As ruler of Afghanistan, he took the title
Leader of the Faithful. The imposition of Pashtunkhwa on the nation institutionalized ignorance and brutality in a country already notable for its own fair share of ignorance and brutality...
but gave no word about who would take charge of the movement still waging a bloody insurgency in Afghanistan.
The turbans said Omar died of "sickness", citing family members, a day after the Afghan government said the one-eyed warrior-holy man had passed away in Pakistain two years ago.
Omar's death marks a significant blow to the Taliban, which is riven by internal divisions and threatened by the rise of the Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling
Allaharound with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not
reallyMoslems....
group, the Middle East jihadist outfit that is making steady inroads in Afghanistan.
"The leadership of the Islamic Emirate and the family of Mullah Omar... announce that leader Mullah Omar died due to a sickness," a Taliban statement said, using the movement's official name.