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NEWS ABOUT: Mullah Omar

Mullah Omar stories: 16 news summaries

Pakistani Intelligence Sheltering Taliban Leader

Mullah Omar hiding in Karachi: US sources

Nov 20, 09 6:50 PM CST
(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... More »

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

BRET STEPHENS

Karzai's Not So Bad—
By Afghan Standards

Blame NATO missteps, not corruption

Nov 10, 09 1:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Hamid Karzai's no saint but he's much better than Mullah Omar, civil war, or the murderous Soviet stooges that ruled Afghanistan for many years, writes Bret Stephens. It has become fashionable among "neo-neo-cons" who have suddenly discovered the virtues of good governance to slam Karzai's tainted administration, but history... More »

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Afghanistan • Hamid Karzai • disputed election • Mullah Omar • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election • Bret Stephens

Taliban Widens Afghan Attacks From Pakistan Base

Forces controlled from Pakistan respond nimbly

Sep 24, 09 10:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Afghan Taliban leadership operating out of Pakistan has surprised the US military by countering its offensive in southern Afghanistan with a shrewd expansion into the north and west of the country. “They’ve outmaneuvered us time and time again,” an intelligence official tells the New York ... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • US military • Quetta • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war • military offensive • Stanley McChrystal

ANALYSIS

 Afghan Vote's True 
 Winner: The Taliban 

Chaos and corruption aid insurgents' propaganda campaign

Sep 21, 09 5:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - It's still not evident whether Hamid Karzai will avoid a runoff in Afghanistan's presidential vote, but the winner of the election is clear: the Taliban. Delays in tallying and alleged systemic fraud have given the insurgency new material for a sophisticated propaganda campaign that portrays the Karzai administration as corrupt... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • propaganda • Hamid Karzai • corruption • Mullah Omar • insurgency • Abdullah Abdullah • Afghanistan election

Taliban's No. 2 a Fierce, Intelligent Opponent of US

Mullah Omar's lieutenant may be really running the insurgency

Jul 26, 09 1:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Though most Americans know of Mullah Omar, head of the Taliban’s insurgency in Afghanistan, few know his capable lieutenant, Mullah Baradar. As a high-profile US target, Omar has kept a low profile over the last 3 years—while Baradar commands day-to-day operations, Newsweek reports. But Baradar’s cunning leadership... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • insurgents • Mullah Omar • Mullah Baradar

(Newser) - The American offensive in southern Afghanistan is sparking serious tensions with Pakistan, the New York Times reports. Pakistani officials fear that the surge will push Taliban militants into its border region, triggering a rise in militancy that it will be ill-equipped to tackle without shifting troops from the Indian border.... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • US military • Baluchistan • Inter Service Intelligence • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war

(Newser) - The Taliban says it will execute a captured American soldier if the US does not withdraw from two districts in southeastern Afghanistan, the Voice of America reports. A Taliban rep said today the soldier is healthy but will be killed if operations in Paktika and Ghazni continue. The fate of... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • captives • US military • Paktika • US Army • soldier • Ghazni • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war • American soldiers • capture

Pakistani, Afghan Taliban Unite Against US

Commanders agree to settle differences to counter US surge

Mar 27, 09 2:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Pakistan's Taliban leaders have pledged to scale back their battle against the government to help their Afghan counterparts fight the US surge, the New York Times reports. The leaders issued a statement promising to settle their internal differences to "bring dishonor on the infidels" after a visit from a... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Waziristan • Mullah Omar

 US May Strike 
 Deeper Into Pakistan 

Drones may target Taliban sanctuaries beyond tribal areas

Mar 18, 09 1:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Obama administration is considering expanding its covert war in Pakistan beyond tribal areas to strike Taliban havens in regions under the central government's control, reports the New York Times. US commanders believe the Taliban, under the leadership of Mullah Omar, is operating out of sanctuaries in Baluchistan—which borders... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Baluchistan • Baitullah Mehsud • Predator • Quetta • Mullah Omar

Taliban Mullahs Reject Karzai's Offer of Talks

Militants say they won't deal until foreign troops withdraw

Nov 17, 08 9:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Taliban leaders have rejected Hamid Karzai's guarantee of safe passage in exchange for beginning peace talks, reports Reuters. The militants instead reiterated demands for all foreign troops to leave Afghanistan before any negotiating begins—a condition the Afghan president rejected as unacceptable. Some analysts don't see Mullah Mohammad Omar's rejection... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • negotiations • peace talks • al-Qaeda • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war

Karzai Vows to Protect Taliban Chief in Talks

Will not cave to huge bounty, or US pressure to turn Omar over

Nov 16, 08 3:50 PM CST
(Newser) - Afghan President Hamid Karzai will ensure the safety of Taliban chief Mullah Mohammed Omar if he agrees to peace talks, the Washington Post reports. "If I say I want protection for Mullah Omar, the international community has two choices: remove me or leave," Karzai said, referring to US... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Hamid Karzai • negotiations • Mullah Omar • Afghanistan war

US Weighs Talks With Taliban

Petraeus, set to take charge of Afghanistan policy, backs at least limited negotiations

Oct 28, 08 10:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - The US is strongly considering negotiating with at least some elements of the Taliban, the Wall Street Journal reports. The talks, which would exclude top leaders, are part of a draft White House assessment of strategy in Afghanistan, officials say. Gen. David Petraeus, who takes over Central Command this week,... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • David Petraeus • negotiations • Mullah Omar

Three Warlords Loom Large in Afghanistan

Former anti-Soviet allies come back to haunt US

Oct 1, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Behind Afghanistan’s recent escalation in violence looms three faces familiar to the US intelligence community. Mohammed Omar, founding mullah of the “Big T” Taliban government; Jalaluddin Haqqani, his one-time cabinet minister; and the ruthless Gulbuddin Hekmatyar are most responsible for leading the anti-government charge, the LA Times ... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Islamic militants • Mullah Omar • Gulbuddin Hekmatyar • Jalaluddin Haqqani

Taliban Chief to America: Let's Make a Deal 

Mullah Omar offers US troops safe passage
out of Afghanistan

Sep 30, 08 3:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Taliban boss Mullah Omar has warned that the US will suffer defeat just like the Soviet Union if it fails to withdraw from Afghanistan, Reuters reports. In a message posted on extremist websites, the defiant leader offered American forces "safe passage" out of Afghanistan if officials reconsider their "... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Soviet Union • troop withdrawal • Mullah Omar • mujahedeen

US Must Talk With Taliban: Pakistan Official

Frontier governor says insurgents have place
in peace efforts

Sep 24, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - The governor of Pakistan’s tribal region says the US must negotiate with the Taliban if it hopes to bring peace to Afghanistan. “They have to talk to Mullah Omar, certainly—not maybe,” Owais Ghani told the Telegraph, referring to the group’s leader. “Political stability will... More »

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Afghanistan • Taliban • Pakistan • Mullah Omar • Owais Ghani

Bin Laden Is 'Planning' in Pakistan, Says US Official

Taliban head Omar also in the country

Feb 9, 08 6:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Mullah Omar and his Taliban compatriots are running their insurgency from the Pakistani city of Quetta, while Osama bin Laden is operating in tribal areas of the country, says a US official. Bin Laden and right-hand man Ayman Al-Zawahiri  are “planning” near the Afghanistan border, says the source, in... More »

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Taliban • Pakistan • Pervez Musharraf • insurgents • Ayman al Zawahiri • Osama bin Laden • Mullah Omar

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