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Mullah Muhammad Omar (Pashto: محمد عمر, romanized: Muḥammad ʿUmar; 1960 – 23 April 2013) was an Afghan mujahideen commander, revolutionary, and the cleric who founded the Taliban.
Mullah Mohammad Omar, the secretive head of the Taliban and an al-Qaida ally who led a bloody insurgency against U.S.-led forces, eluded capture for more than a decade in spite of being one of the most-hunted fugitives on Earth.
Mohammad Omar, Afghan militant and leader of the Taliban who was the emir of Afghanistan (1996–2001). His refusal to extradite al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden prompted the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 that overthrew the government there. Learn more about Omar in this article.
Mullah Mohammed Omar has seemed like a cat with nine lives. There have been numerous unconfirmed reports the leader of Afghanistan's Taliban died before now.
Taliban leader Mullah Omar died two years ago in Pakistan, a spokesman for Afghanistan's security services says.
Mullah Omar Is Dead: Father of Afghanistan's Taliban Died in Pakistan. Word of his death Wednesday confirmed just how much of a ghost the father of the Taliban had become. Afghan officials said...
Mullah Omar was a reclusive figure even before his Taliban government fell from power in late 2001 and he was forced into hiding. He left virtually all contact with the outside world to his ...