Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Kabul (BNA) Taliban have confirmed Mullah Ubaidullah Akhund, deputy of Mullah Mohammad Omar and former minister of defense for Taliban regime has died in a prison in Pakistan.
A purported Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in a statement sent to media said. “Based on reports delivered to Mullah Ubaidullah’s family, he passed away due to heart disease on 5th March 2010 in a prison in Karachi of Pakistan.”
The spokesman added it is not yet clear that Mullah Ubaidullah has died due to the illness or was killed during tortures in the prison.
Mullah Ubaidullah was detained in Jan 2007 in Balochistan province of Pakistan and was put to prison.
Mullah Ubaidullah was appointed as minister of defense when Taliban controlled Kabul in 1996 and after falling of the Taliban, Mullah Omar appointed Mullah Ubaidullah as his deputy.
