ENG - Mullah Mohammed Omar (Pashto: ملا محمد عمر) (born c. 1959, Nodeh, near Kandahar) often simply called Mullah Omar, is the reclusive leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan and was Afghanistan's de facto head of state from 1996 to 2001, under the title Commander of the Faithful. Since the Post-9/11 war in Afghanistan began in 2001 he has been in hiding and wanted by U.S. authorities for harboring Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda organization. He is believed to be hiding in Pakistan.
Despite his former political rank, and his current high status on terrorism wanted lists, not much is publicly known about this man. Few photos, none of them official, exist of him. The authenticity of the existing images is debated. Apart from the fact that he is missing one eye, accounts of his ...
Le numéro un des islamistes afghans nommerait à nouveau lui-même ses commandants sur le terrain et déciderait en personne des attentats à mener en Afghanistan, selon le Wall Street Journal.
Le mollah Mohammad Omar, chef spirituel des talibans au pouvoir en Afghanistan entre 1996 et 2001, est en fuite. Il n’est plus apparu depuis, même en vidéo, contrairement à son ancien proche allié Oussama Ben Laden. Le Wall Street Journal, citant des responsables américains et des insurgés afghans, souligne un changement de ...
Nov. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has failed to renounce violence and shown no inclination to negotiate, the Bush administration said, after Afghan President Hamid Karzai proposed peace talks with the Islamist movement. The U.S. is offering a $10 million reward for Omar''s capture for sheltering al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden and allowing his network to run terrorist training camps in Afghanistan. Karzai offered two days ago to guarantee Omar''s security if he wanted talks. ``We''re not seeing any indication from Mullah Omar that he is ready to renounce violence, break ...
