U.S.: Mullah Omar Has to Go - 9/11

Fri, 2 Jul 2021 22:36:00 GMT

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- The United States is believed to have told Pakistan that expelling suspected terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden from Afghanistan will not be enough and that Taliban leader Mullah Omar also has to go, senior Pakistani officials said. The officials told United Press International that the United States insisted on Omar's removal when Pakistan told U.S. negotiators they were against bringing the opposition Northern Alliance to Kabul as the new rulers of Afghanistan. Replacing Omar and bringing in a new leadership from within the Taliban is one of the options the two sides are discussing, said a Pakistani official.