Defence Minister Khawaja Asif clarified on Friday Afghan Taliban supremo Mullah Omar neither died nor was buried in Pakistan, local media authorities stated.
“I can confirm that Mullah Omar neither died nor was buried in Pakistan and his sons’ statements are on record to support this,” the defence minister said, while addressing the National Assembly, sources further revealed.
“Whether he died now or two years ago is another controversy which we do not wish to be a part of,” Asif added.
The defence minister refuted Afghan spy agency’s claims that the Afghan Taliban supremo died in a hospital in Karachi, “He was neither in Karachi nor in Quetta,” he said.
Further, Asif said Pakistan is only playing the role of a mediator in talks between Afghan Taliban and the government in Kabul.
