The head of Afghanistan's Taliban insurgents, Mullah Omar, is alive and in touch with current events, the group has said in a 5,000 word document released to mark his nineteenth year of leadership.

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports from the Pentagon that U.S. forces in Afghanistan are in the hunt for Taliban leader Mullah Omar and other senior Taliban figures. The acknowledgement came as the ...

Until 9/11, the hard-nosed Khadim commanded Mullah Omar’s elite mobile reserve force, fighting regime opponents all over Afghanistan. Arrested and sent to Guantánamo soon after the Taliban’s ...

CAIRO, Egypt (AP) _ Osama bin Laden is alive and the future of the United States in Afghanistan is "fire, hell and total defeat," fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar ...

“Half my country was destroyed by 23 years of war,” Mullah Mohammed Omar told Time earlier this year. “If the remaining half of Afghanistan is destroyed in trying to save [Osama] bin Laden ...

Afghanistan's interim leader said Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar was missing and would be a... Saturday, October 26 63°F / Cape Girardeau. Latest; ...

1990s – In the wake of the Soviet withdrawal, Omar creates the Taliban to overcome what he sees as Afghanistan’s descent into warlordism and lawlessness.. 1996-2001 – Is de facto leader of ...

Associated Press WriterKABUL, Afghanistan (AP) -- Negotiations for the surrender of about 1,500 Taliban fighters, including their supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, have reached a "crucial stage ...

Known as the Commander of the Faithful, Mullah Omar created the Taliban in the mid-1990s, and was its spiritual guide. United States reward for his capture was $10 million. Was a rural Islamic ...

Known as the Commander of the Faithful, Mullah Omar created the Taliban in the mid-1990s, and was its spiritual guide. United States reward for his capture was $10 million. Was a rural Islamic ...

Known as the Commander of the Faithful, Mullah Omar created the Taliban in the mid-1990s, and was its spiritual guide. United States reward for his capture was $10 million. Was a rural Islamic ...