The Taliban today said leader Mullah Omar, Osama bin Laden and other top officials are alive and well following the fall of Kabul.
Taliban forces were heading for their southern stronghold of Kandahar and had been told by Mullah Omar to prepare to wage guerrilla war, the official told the Iranian news agency.
"Some of the Taliban commanders were surprised and taken aback when Mullah Omar ordered for withdrawing from Kabul and preparing for a protracted guerrilla war," he said.
The official confirmed that in the past few days, the Taliban had lost almost half of the areas under its control before the US military campaign was begun in Afghanistan.
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