Islamabad, July 31 (ANI): Just days after the Afghan government said that Mullah Omar, the elusive supreme leader of the Islamist militant movement, had died two years ago in neighbouring Pakistan, neither the Taliban nor Pakistani officials would confirm the reports. Replying to questions about the reports during a weekly briefing in Islamabad, foreign ministry Spokesman Qazi Khalilullah said Pakistan was still trying to find out if the reports were true. News of Omar’s demise is likely to intensify a struggle within the deeply divided group to succeed him, clouding chances of a peace process that had already run into trouble. Afghan and Pakistani officials had said that a second round of meetings would be held between Taliban representatives and the Kabul government this week. The two sides met for inaugural negotiations earlier this month in Pakistan. Hours earlier, the Taliban’s official spokesman disavowed peace talks with the Afghan government, throwing fledgling efforts to negotiate an end to 14 years of war into disarray. He said he was not aware of the refusal of the Taliban, or when the second round would take place. Hours after the Foreign Ministry briefing, Pakistan’s foreign office announced that the Afghan peace talks scheduled for Friday had been postponed due to r
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