 Critics cited the very close proximity of bin Laden's heavily fortified compound to the Pakistan Military Academy, that the US chose not to notify Pakistani authorities before the operation and the double standards of Pakistan regarding the perpetrators of the 2008 Mumbai attacks.In 2019, it was reported that Mullah Omar spent his last days near a US military base in Zabul province in Afghanistan.Mullah Omar died in 2013 near US base in Zabul province in Afghanistan.