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IEA unveils Mullah Omar’s grave in Zabul
(Last Updated On: November 6, 2022)
The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan’s spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid on Sunday announced that founding leader Mullah Muhammad Omar was buried in Zabul province.
Mujahid said in a tweet that the grave of Mullah Omar was in the Omarzo area in Suri district of Zabul. He also posted a photograph of senior IEA officials at the grave.
Mullah Omar founded the IEA in 1994 and led the country from 1996 to 2001 – until the US invasion when he went into hiding.
Despite an international manhunt for Mullah Omar, that lasted more than 10 years, he was never found.
He died in 2013 but his death was only confirmed in 2015.