Al-Qaida's Ayman al-Zawahri praised Taliban leader Mullah Omar for winning back control of regions of Afghanistan and pushed Muslims to wage holy war against the West, according to a tape that ...

Mullah Omar, founder of the Afghan Taliban, died of natural causes in Afghanistan, his son said in a statement calling for unity and quashing rumors about his father's mysterious death amid a ...

Seven years after the fall of the Taliban, the whereabouts of Mullah Omar are still unknown. U.S. and Afghan intelligence officials believe the mysterious one-eyed cleric may hiding out in Pakistan.

KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan asserted Wednesday that the Taliban’s reclusive leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, died more than two years ago in a Pakistani hospital — an announcement that ...

The Afghan Taliban's founder Mullah Omar died of natural causes in his home country, his son has said in an attempt to quash the myriad rumours surrounding the warrior cleric's mysterious death ...

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 ...

“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 ...

Taliban soldiers dig up a Toyota used by Mullah Mohammad Omar that was buried in 2001 during the start of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan. MJalal313 / Twitter July 6, 2022, 11:53 AM EDT ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official said Wednesday his government is examining claims that reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Omar is dead. The Taliban could not be immediately reached on ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...