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Summary Taliban spokesmen have denied reports that the insurgent group's leader Mullah Omar is dead.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid said that a text message sent to journalists on his behalf was fake and the result of a phone hack.Rumors spread that Mullah Omar had died when an earlier text message allegedly sent from Mujahid announced on behalf of the group that the Amir-ul-Momineen, or commander of the Muslim faithful, was dead. That title is reserved for the Taliban leader.Another Taliban spokesman, Qari Yousef Ahmadi, also denied that Mullah Omar has died.
