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Terming it a US and NATO forces propaganda, the Afghan Taliban rubbished the news of Mullah Omar arrest appeared on a US blog May 13. Taliban spokesperson Zabeeh Ullah, while talking to Dunya News said that the US is employing such tactics to save its face. He said that Mullah Omar is still in Afghanistan and called upon the US to leave Afghanistan as soon possible. It merits to mention that no big US daily nor its defence ministry confirmed the news published on aUS website claiming that Taliban chief in Afghanistan Mullah Omar has been apprehended. According to details, US blogger Brad Thor made the claim on May 13 at the website biggovernment.com, he further claimed that Pakistans Inter-Services Intelligence Agency nabbed him in the city of Karachi on March 27.Although 60 days have passed but neither US newspaper nor the US government have given any weight-age to the claim.
