Timothy Weeks (Jibril Omar) passes away in Kabul: MoI

KABUL (Pajhwok): Australian ProfessorTimothy Weeks (Jibril Omar) who embraced Islam after release from captivity in a prisoners swap has died in Kabul, the Ministry of Interior announced on Wednesday.

Interior Ministry’s Spokesperson Mufti Abdul Matin Qane said Jibril Omar died of cancer at his residence in Kabul.

He wrote on his x.com wrote: “He was first captured by the Mujahideen of the Islamic Emirate in in past years, then released from prison in a prisoner exchange, then voluntarily and willingly converted to the holy religion of Islam and changed his name from Timothy Weeks to Gabriel Omar.”

He said that Weeks served as English instructor in Kabul.” He had great love for Afghanistan and the Islamic Emirate, and for this reason, he preferred to live in Kabul.”

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