Washington: Mullah Omar received treatment in Karachi
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Washington: Mullah Omar received treatment in Karachi
Afghanistan's Taliban leader Mullah Omar has reportedly had a heart attack and received treatment in a hospital in Karachi.The daily Washington Post reported that Mullah Omar had a heart attack on 7th January 2011 and was taken to a Karachi hospital where he remained for several days, receiving treatment. The article said that Omar was taken to the hospital by Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, ISI. A physician in the Karachi hospital, who was not identified in the report, said he saw Omar struggling to recover from an operation to put a stent in his heart. US officials said they could not immediately verify the report. Pakistan's Ambassador to the US Hussain Haqqani has rejected the report as baseless. Mullah Omar has been in hiding since the 2001 US-led invasion of Afghanistan, which toppled the Taliban regime.
