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Pakistani Intelligence Sheltering Taliban Leader

Mullah Omar hiding in Karachi: US sources

By Will McCahill,  Newser Staff

Posted Nov 20, 2009 6:50 PM CST
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(Newser) – Pakistan’s intelligence service is secretly sheltering the Taliban’s top leader, US intelligence sources tell the Washington Times—helping Mullah Omar escape from the town of Quetta, along the Afghanistan border, to the port city of Karachi, deep within Pakistan. The sources say Mullah Omar is leading a new senior leadership council in Karachi, which the US and Pakistan have yet to target in their counter-terror campaigns.

Pakistani intelligence services are helping Taliban leader Mullah Omar hide out in the port city of Karachi, US intelligence sources tell the Washington Times.
Pakistani intelligence services are helping Taliban leader Mullah Omar hide out in the port city of Karachi, US intelligence sources tell the Washington Times.   (Wikimedia Commons)
This undated photo shows the rarely photographed Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar.
This undated photo shows the rarely photographed Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar.   (AP Photo)
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vendetta
Nov 23, 2009 6:37 AM CST
I wouldnt give him up either, whats the point. America constantly sends predator drones to kill pakistans people are we surprised when they dont want to cooperate. GET US OUT OF 2 WARS OBAMA THAT IS WHAT WE PUT YOU INTO OFFICE TO DO AND YOU HAVE ONLY ESCALATED THE ISSUE.
2-bits
Nov 21, 2009 12:52 PM CST
Seriously? I thought this was old news. I don't know why we ever considered Pakistan our "ally" and continue to treat them as such.
So_Cal_Larry
Nov 21, 2009 2:05 AM CST
Let us not forget: The U.S. created the Taliban, and funded them, and they were our proxy fighters against the USSR, just like Israel is our proxy fighter on many fronts. The Taliban were our ally. The Taliban have been Pakistan's ally. There's a lot we have to learn about the Taliban. In many areas, the Taliban is liked and respected because they provide help and assistance to the people of the area, where the government of Afghanistan and, perhaps, Pakistan does not provide these services. In the end, all is not as it seems.

 
Afghanistan • Taliban • Karachi • US intelligence • Mullah Omar • Pakistan intelligence services

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