Mullah Omer praised by Great Ex DG ISI General Hameed Gul
MANY Islamist militants and their sympathisers, especially in Afghanistan and Pakistan, are recovering from the shock of Mullah Omar’s death and struggling to spin a new narrative when confronted with difficult questions by opponents.
Why was Omar’s death kept a secret? Was he merely a symbolic figure, held hostage by some powerful Taliban figures close to Pakistan’s security establishment? Should the latest official statements by Taliban denying the internal rifts and power tussle be considered reliable? Is this the beginning of the decline of the Afghan Taliban? Is Al Qaeda set to lose its strongest ally?
As questions reverberate in jihadi circles, the Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al Qaeda remained largely silent, leading many of their foot-soldiers to speculate and draw their own conclusions.
Many of the otherwise accessible TTP commanders have not been available on their mobile phones or through email. When eventually contacted, some attributed the lapse and subsequent delays to the latest offensive on both sides of the Durand Line which has hampered their lines of communication. However, they are adamant that Omar’s death is not going to have a major impact on their overall movement.
“There is no question of change of direction. We pray for Mullah Omar but people need to understand that we are not into personality cults. People die but not our ideology,” TTP’s central spokesman Mohammad Khurasani told this correspondent.
Hero of Islam
Mullah Mohammed Omar Mujahid, often simply called Mullah Omar, was the supreme commander and the spiritual leader of the Taliban. He was Afghanistan's 11th head of state from 1996 to late 2001, under the official title "Head of the Supreme Council
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