Title: Afghan Government: Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Died in 2013
Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/taliban_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Afghan Government: Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Died in 2013' data-article-id='668'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='7375'>Afghan government officials said Wednesday that Taliban chief Mullah Omar is dead. </span> <span data-start-time='7375' data-end-time='11792'>They say he died more than two years ago in Pakistan.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='11792' data-end-time='18667'>A government statement said the findings were based on what it called credible information.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='18667' data-end-time='24042'>The Taliban earlier this month said Mullah Omar is alive.</span> <span data-start-time='24042' data-end-time='33313'>In Washington, the Obama administration said it could not confirm the report that the Taliban leader is dead.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Pause' class='pause' style='display:none;'></button><button title='Forward' class='forward' disabled='disabled'></button><button class='finished-reading' style='display:none;'>Done</button></div></div></div><div id='article-media'><div id='media-image'><img src='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/taliban_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=3530 data-hint-location='11792' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/what_does_credible_mean.m4a'>What does credible mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='reasonable to trust or believe'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/to_attack.m4a'><span>to attack</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/illegal_activity.m4a'><span>illegal activity</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/reasonable_to_trust_or_believe.m4a'><span>reasonable to trust or believe</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/to_review.m4a'><span>to review</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3531 data-hint-location='24042' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/what_group_did_omar_lead.m4a'>What group did Omar lead?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='Taliban'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/isis.m4a'><span>ISIS</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/taliban.m4a'><span>Taliban</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/peta.m4a'><span>PETA</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/ffa.m4a'><span>FFA</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=3532 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/afghan_government_officials_said_that_taliban_chief_mullah_omar_is__blank_.m4a'>Afghan government officials said that Taliban chief Mullah Omar is <span class='blank'>dead</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='dead'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/dead.m4a'><span>dead</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/alive.m4a'><span>alive</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/hurt.m4a'><span>hurt</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/347/ill.m4a'><span>ill</span></div></div></div><div class='question-buttons'><button class='skip-button'></button><button class='hint-button'></button><button class='speak-button'></button></div></div></div>
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Afghan government officials said Wednesday that Taliban chief Mullah Omar is dead. They say he died more than two years ago in Pakistan.
A government statement said the findings were based on what it called credible information.
The Taliban earlier this month said Mullah Omar is alive. In Washington, the Obama administration said it could not confirm the report that the Taliban leader is dead.
