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Taliban deny leader Mullah Omar has died

By Wed, Jul 20, 2011 12:54PM UTC View Comments

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Taliban spokesmen in Afghanistan denied Wednesday that the insurgent group’s leader Mullah Mohammed Omar had died, claiming that a phone message and a posting on the Internet were fake. Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid told The Associated Press that a text message sent to journalists on his behalf was the result of...

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The Washington Post continues to impress

By Sun, Jan 23, 2011 6:02AM UTC View Comments This undated photo reportedly shows the Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar. Pic: AP.

Many observers in the U.S. would contend that the Washington Post jumped the shark a long time ago, but I disagree strongly. I think it’s a fantastic and trustworthy source of news and current events. Earlier this week, the WaPo published this story. The basic point of the story was that Mullah Omar, the one-eyed...

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