Title: Taliban Confirms Death of Leader Mullah Omar
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/352/taliban_audio.m4a' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='Taliban Confirms Death of Leader Mullah Omar' data-article-id='677'><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='7542'>The Taliban officially confirmed Thursday that its founder and leader, Mullah Omar, is dead. </span> <span data-start-time='7542' data-end-time='14167'>The Taliban Supreme Council also named Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as its new leader.</span> </p><p><span data-start-time='14167' data-end-time='18479'>The Taliban did not indicate when Mullah Omar died. </span> <span data-start-time='18479' data-end-time='23479'>On Wednesday, the Afghan government said he died two years ago. </span> </p><p><span data-start-time='23479' data-end-time='33333'>Earlier Thursday, the Pakistani government said Afghan peace talks would be postponed at the request of the Afghan Taliban.</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/352/taliban_image.jpg'/></div></div><div id='question-content' style='display:none;'><div class='vocabulary_question question-container' data-question-id=3569 data-hint-location='14167' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/what_does_indicate_mean.m4a'>What does indicate mean?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='to show something'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/to_show_something.m4a'><span>to show something</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/to_hideout.m4a'><span>to hideout</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/to_take_a_poll.m4a'><span>to take a poll</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/a_petition.m4a'><span>a petition</span></div></div></div><div class='multiple_choice_question question-container' data-question-id=3570 data-hint-location='18479' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/when_did_omar_die.m4a'>When did Omar die?</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='two years ago'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/ten_years_ago.m4a'><span>ten years ago</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/two_weeks_ago.m4a'><span>two weeks ago</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/two_years_ago.m4a'><span>two years ago</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/two_days_ago.m4a'><span>two days ago</span></div></div></div><div class='sentence_completion_question question-container' data-question-id=3571 data-hint-location='0' style='display:none;'><div class='question' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/the_founder_and_leader_of_the_afghan_taliban__blank_.m4a'>The founder and leader of the Afghan Taliban <span class='blank'>died</span>.</div><div class='choices' data-correct-choice='died'><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/was_captured.m4a'><span>was captured</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/died.m4a'><span>died</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/is_missing.m4a'><span>is missing</span></div><div class='choice' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/352/escaped.m4a'><span>escaped</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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The Taliban officially confirmed Thursday that its founder and leader, Mullah Omar, is dead. The Taliban Supreme Council also named Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as its new leader.
The Taliban did not indicate when Mullah Omar died. On Wednesday, the Afghan government said he died two years ago.
Earlier Thursday, the Pakistani government said Afghan peace talks would be postponed at the request of the Afghan Taliban.
