AFGHANISTAN- The Taliban, it turns out, were not initially forthcoming about the death of Mullah Mohammed Omar, the head of the Sunni Islamist organization. Omar died on April 23, 2013, according to a statement the Taliban released Monday in support for his presumed successor, Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour. The Taliban had acknowledged in late July that Omar was dead at the time Mansour was first announced as the new leader. But the group did not at that time specify when he died. Omar’s death was kept secret to keep morale high as international intervention in Afghanistan wound down, according to the statement.(CNN NEWS/ article.wn.com)…[+]