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Mullah Omar

Thu. December 04, 2008

guardian.co.uk
December 4, 2008

Ultimately, because the administration failed to produce terrorists such as Osama bin Laden or Mullah Omar, it will publicly flog a Palestinian scapegoat. ...

Obama's Afghan Dilemma

The Nation.
December 4, 2008

It goes far beyond Mullah Omar's Taliban and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda. "Calling it the Taliban is a failure to understand what's going on," says Seth ...

Making Sense of the Taliban

Mother Jones
December 4, 2008

The second, comprised of the movement's senior leadership, including its leader Mullah Omar, fled across the border into Pakistan, where they remain to this ...

Indian demands Pakistan turn over most wanted

Long War Journal
December 2, 2008

Azhar trained at the same religious seminary as Afghanistan Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Azhar was released from an India jail in exchange for hostages held ...

Secret Afghan Talks and the Upcoming Surge

Khaleej Times
December 1, 2008

Although Mullah Omar has appeared to have 'rejected' the talks but according to Afghan officials, more round of talks are expected. The initiative was first ...

Botched mission costs life of chief

Sydney Morning Herald
November 29, 2008

... to the international development work that is critical to winning hearts and minds in the home province of the fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar. ...

Taleban's ex-spokesman shot dead

BBC News
November 29, 2008

Afghanistan's intelligence agents released a video in which Dr Hanif alleged Taleban leader Mullah Omar was living inside Pakistan - a claim denied by ...

May: Not a sentimental people

Ventura County Star
November 29, 2008

Both bin Laden and Mullah Omar escaped, presumably to the wild reaches of western Pakistan. Today, Taliban forces - bolstered by Arabs, Chechens, ...

Obama's First Test?

The Washington Independent
November 28, 2008

... are aligning with the Quetta Shura and Mullah Omar as a matter of tactical convenience or economic advantage and peeling them off," said Steve Biddle, ...

The Pakistan army and the Afghanistan war

Australia.TO
November 26, 2008

... but Pakistan stayed loyal to the Afghan Taliban, providing Mullah Omar and his leading commanders with sanctuary in Pakistan's Pashtun-dominated tribal ...

With Afghan Rifts of UN and Australia, Karzai and Obama, Mullah ...

Inner City Press
November 26, 2008

... delayed in meeting with President Karzai, leading him to make his public and embarrassing offer to meet with no preconditions with Mullah Omar. ...

The Long War in Afghanistan

Spiegel Online
November 25, 2008

Pakistan's army trains its elite soldiers here, and Taliban leader Mullah Omar is said to have lived in the city since he fled Afghanistan, enjoying the ...

Afghanistan: Foreign troops will not defeat Taliban, claims leader

Adnkronos International Italia
November 25, 2008

Mullah Mohammad Hasan Rahmani, former governor of Kandahar province and a close adviser to Taliban leader Mullah Omar, told Adnkronos International (AKI) ...

Taliban leader offered asylum by Saudi?

PRESS TV
November 25, 2008

Saudi Arabia rejects a report in a German weekly magazine that the Saudi King has offered Mullah Omar political asylum in Saudi Arabia. ...

Taliban not talking peace

Asia Times Online
November 25, 2008

Rahmani, about 50, is a member of the Taliban's shura (council) and a close adviser to Taliban leader Mullah Omar, with whom he is in daily contact; ...

German paper reported Mullah Omar deal

Al-Arabiya
November 23, 2008

The sources said US President George W. Bush and Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai pushed for the offer as part of efforts to seal a reconciliation. ...

Quotes From the Week of 11/17/08

Newsweek
November 23, 2008

"If [I want] protection for Mullah Omar, the international community has two choices: Remove me or leave." "My job is to tell the British people the truth ...

No asylum offer to Omar - KSA

Saudi Gazette
November 23, 2008

The German news magazine Der Spiegel, in its edition due to appear Monday, said Saudi Arabia had offered asylum to Mullah Omar, quoting sources close to the ...

Saudi Arabia denies Mullah Omar asylum report

Reuters India
November 23, 2008

BERLIN (Reuters) - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has offered political asylum to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, German weekly Der Spiegel reported on ...

Iraq's gift to Afghanistan

Australia.TO
November 21, 2008

It is worth recalling that these were "public enemies one and two", meaning that Mullah Omar at the time far exceeded bin Laden's own deputy, ...

Tribal role urged in Afghanistan

Aljazeera.net
November 19, 2008

On Tuesday, Mullah Omar, the fugitive leader of the group, rejected an offer from Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, of protection and said foreign troops ...

Taliban's Spiritual Fathers Denounce Terror. Could Taliban Be Next?

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
November 19, 2008

It is here that many Taliban, including leader Mullah Omar, received their schooling. With their teachers now coming out against terrorism, will the Taliban ...

Taliban reject Afghan peace overture

CNN International
November 19, 2008

Hamid Karzai says he will "go to any lengths" to provide protection to Mullah Omar if he enters peace talks. Karzai said over the weekend he would "go to ...

Afghans expect more talks soon with ex-Taliban

Washington Post
November 18, 2008

Asked if it was a good idea to approach Mullah Omar, Mullen said that was up to Karzai. The Taliban threatened to launch attacks in Paris unless France ...

Washington skeptical of plans by Karzai to talk with Mullah Omar

RTT News
November 17, 2008

... the Taliban's ultimate intentions are, despite reports that Afghan President Hamid Karzai plans to negotiate with deposed Taliban leader Mullah Omar. ...

Taliban Chief Mullah Omar Fails to Renounce Violence, US Says

Bloomberg
November 17, 2008

``We're not seeing any indication from Mullah Omar that he is ready to renounce violence, break all ties to al-Qaeda and support the Afghan government,'' ...

WAR DEVELOPMENTS

Atlanta Journal Constitution
November 17, 2008

Afghan President Hamid Karzai offered to provide security for the Taliban's reclusive leader, Mullah Omar, if he agrees to enter peace talks, and suggested ...

Beginning of the end for civil war in Sri Lanka?

Open Democracy
November 17, 2008

Karzai pledges to "protect" Mullah Omar ahead of a possible meeting and negotiations with the Taliban leader. DRC rebels agree to peace talks. ...

Resumption of Isaf supplies likely today

Pakistan Dawn
November 16, 2008

... to protect the supply line in the area amid reports that Afghan President Hamid Karzai has renewed his offer of talks to Taliban chief Mullah Omar. ...

Gurkha dies in Afghanistan after roadside bomb rips through ...

Daily Mail
November 16, 2008

London and Washington insist they will never negotiate with hardline Taliban extremists, like Mullah Omar. But Karzai told Journalists: "The international ...

First soldier dies in 'armoured bus'

Independent
November 16, 2008

The Afghan President, Hamid Karzai, yesterday defied the international community to stop him negotiating with the Taliban's supreme leader, Mullah Omar, ...

Taliban leader runs free, targets Afghanistan

Sacramento Bee
November 16, 2008

"There has never been convergence on a campaign plan against Mullah Omar," said a US military official. the Bush administration, he said, miscalculated by ...

Afghan president offers Taliban chief safe conduct

International Herald Tribune
November 16, 2008

"If I say I want protection for Mullah Omar, the international community has two choices, remove me or leave if they disagree," Karzai said in an hourlong ...

Afghan President calls on Taliban chief to give up militancy

Xinhua
November 16, 2008

He also assured that he would guarantee Mullah Omar's security if he returns home by saying"if I hear from him that he is willing to come to Afghanistan or ...

Taleban vow to win Afghan fight

BBC News
November 13, 2008

He said he had no idea where Osama bin Laden was but did confirm that the Taleban leader, Mullah Omar - who has not been seen since 2001 - was hiding "in a ...

Taliban will 'never' negotiate with West: spokesman

CBC.ca
November 13, 2008

... negotiating with Afghan or Western parties, adding the Taliban is a group united under one leader - Mullah Omar, who went into hiding seven years ago. ...

The Tribal Fallacy

Atlantic Online
November 13, 2008

Eventually, a force bigger and badder than anyone-Mullah Omar's Taliban-swept in on the beds of Toyota pickups to subdue warring clans, eradicate highways ...

Karzai to brief PM on secret Taliban talks

Independent
November 12, 2008

Soon after Mullah Omar's regime was overthrown in 2001, the then US defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, declared that it would never again be allowed to ...

Report: US aircraft strike in Pakistan's Khyber agency

Long War Journal
November 9, 2008

... 6 miles into Pakistani territory; and US could enter Pakistan if they have identified the location of Osama bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahri, or Mullah Omar. ...