Feel good story of the day.
Via The Hill:
Afghanistan’s government is probing fresh claims that Taliban leader Mullah Omar has died, multiple news outlets are reporting.
Sources told the BBC on Wednesday that the militant chief died two to three years ago. The BBC said that multiple Afghan administration and intelligence agency officials had claimed Omar is dead.
The Taliban has neither confirmed nor denied those reports, the news outlet added.A spokesman for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said on Thursday that authorities were working to verify reports of Omar’s death.
“As soon as we get more authentication…we’re going to let the media and people of Afghanistan know about that,” said Sayed Zafar Hashemi, according to the BBC.