ISLAMABAD: Afghan Taliban rejected on Monday claims by a senior Afghan official that Mullah Omar’s son was killed in an attack in Pakistan, according to local media reports.
Earlier, Afghanistan’s first deputy speaker of the national assembly Zahir Qadir claimed Mullah Omar’s son, Mullah Yaqub, was killed in Quetta last week.
“There is no truth in the claim. Yaqoob is alive and I am in contact with him,” Mutasim told a private media outlet.
Another Taliban official, Dr Aminul Haq, said he contacted Yaqoob two days ago and Afghan officials were issuing baseless statements to create a misunderstanding within the group.
