According to the latest revelations by the Afghan administration and intelligence agency, one of the world’s most dreaded terrorists and the chief of Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar, is dead. The news spread like wildfire after several major international media houses reported about his death since this morning.

According to the intelligence sources, the militant chief, who was rarely seen in public, had died two or three years ago. While the Taliban is yet to comment on the news of Omar’s death, the Afghanistan government has started investigating the latest reports which seem to be true. An official statement is expected anytime soon.

According to the reports by higher officials in the Afghan government, Mullah Omar died of tuberculosis. Omar’s son had identified his body and he was buried in Afghanistan. Mullah Omar’s association with the then al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden instigated the US war on Afghanistan in 2001, following the 9/11 attacks.