updated Tue. June 25, 2024
-
Forces Network
April 13, 2018
However, one of the first drone strikes was almost certainly against the Taliban leader Mullah Omar. Omar had strong family ties with Bin Laden, with both men having fought in the against Soviet Union forces in the 80s. They reportedly even went on fishing trips together. The leader of the Afghan TalibanÃâà...
Mendota Reporter
April 6, 2018
Shaurya's exhibition draws reference from two sources—an 18th century poem by Meer Taqui Meer titled, “I am A Citizen of that Ruined Place,” that grieves the loss of Mughal culture in India to invaders and Taliban leader Mullah Omar's 2001 orders to destroy ancient pre-Islamic Bamiyan Buddha statues.
The American Conservative
April 4, 2018
President George Bush's address to the U.S. Congress just a few days before, Grenier told Tenet, was a good start: demand that Afghanistan's Taliban ruler, Mullah Omar, turn bin Laden over to the United States. If he refused, the U.S. should launch a campaign to oust him. Grenier had thought through theÃâà...
ZlotoNews
March 30, 2018
Taliban insurgents say that the family of late Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has announced their support for Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansour as his successor. A statement posted on the Taliban's website yesterday said that Mullah Omar's brother, Mullah Abdul Manan, and eldest son, MullahÃâà...
Pakistan Today
March 27, 2018
Mansoor took charge of the Taliban in 2015 when the armed group revealed its leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had died. He joined the Taliban in 1995, a year after it was founded. Mansoor was secretly visiting the UAE using a Pakistani passport with a false name, the Post reported. His trip to DubaiÃâà...
Action News Now
March 25, 2018
Afghan resistance fighters, known collectively as mujahedeen, fight back. 1989-1993 - After the Soviet Union withdraws, fighting among the mujahedeen leads to chaos. 1994 - The Taliban is formed, comprised mostly of students and led by mujahedeen veteran Mullah Omar. November 1994 - The TalibanÃâà...
The Strategist (blog)
March 21, 2018
That may explain why Zawahiri swore allegiance to Mullah Mansour, Mullah Omar's successor, in 2015. When Mansour was killed in a US drone attack and Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada became the new leader of the Taliban, Zawahiri pledged allegiance to him. That allowed Zawahiri to remain hiddenÃâà...
The New Indian Express
March 14, 2018
India expressed its concerns that country like Pakistan, which protected Al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden and sheltered Taliban founder and former leader Mullah Omar, pretending to be a victim. "Is it not woefully farcical that the state which protected Osama Bin Laden and sheltered Mullah Omar shouldÃâà...
Gandhara
March 11, 2018
Among the seminary's more infamous graduates are the Afghan Taliban's longtime leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, who died in 2015 in Pakistan, and Jalaluddin Haqqani, the leader of the Pakistan-based Haqqani ... He has been quoted as describing Mullah Omar as an "angel" and one of his star pupils.
Kasmir Monitor
March 10, 2018
United Nations, Mar 10: Responding to Islamabad's bid to raise the Kashmir issue for a second day at the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, India denounced Pakistan as a “failed state” where militants thrived and Osama Bin Laden “received protection”, and demanded that it bring theÃâà...
The News International (blog)
March 10, 2018
Kabul, in the continuity of Mullah Omar and the previous regimes in Afghanistan, persisted in not recognizing the Durand Line, the current border ... In addition, from Mullah Omar to the current leader, Mullah Haibatullah Akhundzada, the ideological positioning is clear, and may be attractive to someÃâà...
Times of India
March 10, 2018
UNITED NATIONS: Responding to Islamabad's bid to raise the Kashmir issue for a second day yesterday at the UN Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, India denounced Pakistan as a "failed state" where terrorists thrive and Osama Bin Laden received protection, and demanded that it bring theÃâà...
War on the Rocks
March 9, 2018
On Oct. 7, 2001, the opening night of the U.S. war in Afghanistan, an MQ-1 Predator — tail number 3034, now on display at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum — watched a convoy of vehicles believed to belong to Mullah Omar, the leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan. Doctrinally, the air componentÃâà...
Bloomberg Government (blog)
March 7, 2018
Wald dispatched two Navy F-18s to drop 1,000 pound bombs on what was believed to be Taliban Leader Mullah Omar's facility, when suddenly he heard “You are cleared to fire” over the communications network. Wald watched in amazement as a truck outside the facility was destroyed in a fireball.
Pakistan Observer
March 6, 2018
And the Taliban remain active throughout the country, hold territories, and stand up to Kabul, despite their internal divisions since the death of Mullah Omar, and despite the competition of Daesh on the spot. Trump's America has decided, in the face of the difficult situation of Afghanistan, to remain in aÃâà...
LobeLog
March 3, 2018
Dubbed a “jihad university,” Darul Aloom Haqqania, headed by Sami ul-Haq, a hard-line Islamist politician known as the father of the Taliban, counts among its alumni, Mullah Omar, the deceased leader of the Taliban, Jalaluddin Haqqani, the head of the Haqqani Network. Asim Umar, leader of Al-Qaeda inÃâà...
The Hindu
March 3, 2018
But the talks collapsed when it emerged that Taliban leader Mullah Omar had died two years earlier. Ever since, the Taliban has stepped up its violent campaign, killing thousands. This time the difference is that the Afghan government has come up with a seven-point plan of engagement with the TalibanÃâà...
Fairfield Daily Republic
February 28, 2018
The Taliban have lacked a strong leader since 2015, when the group announced the long rumored death of its longtime head, Mullah Mohammad Omar. The following year, Omar's successor, Mullah Akthar Muhammad Mansour, was killed in a U.S. drone strike along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
Arab News
February 25, 2018
The Murree Peace Process started under the QCG become contentious after the death of Taliban leader Mullah Omar and was subsequently ... from the Taliban's political office as well as the brother-in-law of Mullah Yacoob, son of the late Taliban founder Mullah Mohammad Omar, were part of this initiativeÃâà...
Voice of America
February 25, 2018
... including the social and political arena. Some critics suspect the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf-led government is using public funds for personal political gain. It is believed that Taliban leaders, including former Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar, attended Darul Uloom Haqqnia, run by Maulana Samiul Haq.
Asharq Al-awsat English
February 18, 2018
Then we met with Mullah Omar. We asked him to hand over LIGF leaders and members to us, in return for Libya weighing up recognizing the Taliban regime and assisting it in infrastructure projects, including the construction of a road between Jalalabad and Kabul,” he added, speaking under the conditionÃâà...
News18
January 18, 2018
Baloch, who relies on information from a network of coordinators spread across Balochistan, said a man by the name of Mullah Omar Baloch Irani, a mercenary figure, was involved in the abduction of Jadhav from Iran's port city of Chabahar. Baloch said coordinators of an organisation called 'Voice forÃâà...
Daily Pioneer
January 4, 2018
Mullah Omar Irani of Jaish-ul-Adl — a terror outfit which allegedly has close links with the Pakistan Army — had abducted Kulbhushan Jadhav from Sarbaz city, around 52 km from Chabahar port, News 18 reported on Thursday. The channel quoted sources in Indian security establishment, saying Irani thenÃâà...
BBC News
July 29, 2015
Taliban leader Mullah Omar died two years ago in Pakistan, a spokesman for Afghanistan's security services says. Abdul Hassib Seddiqi told the BBC's Afghan Service that Mullah Omar had died of health problems at a hospital in Pakistan. Afghanistan's government says information on his death isÃâà...
Long War Journal
December 31, 1999
It maintains close ties with both al Qaeda and Taliban leaders. The US government listed the group as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist organization in May 2005. Its members who are in custody “have testified to the close ties between the [IJU] leaders and Osama bin Laden and Mullah Omar,” theÃâà...
Long War Journal
December 31, 1999
Hikmatullah is part of the contingent of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan that defected and joined the Islamic State after the Taliban was caught hiding the death of Mullah Omar. NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan reported that Hikmatullah and his bodyguard were killed in anÃâà...
Virginian-Pilot
December 31, 1999
GEN. JOHN NICHOLSON, commander of U.S.-led military forces in Afghanistan, and Defense Secretary Jim Mattis have expressed optimism for peace in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, peace in Afghanistan is wishful thinking. The prospect of peace expressed by Nicholson and Mattis is based on the offer ofÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
December 31, 1999
From Iran, Mansoor travelled to Pakistan where the Americans were again aware of his whereabouts, and killed him in a drone attack. Mansoor took charge of the Taliban in 2015 when the armed group revealed its leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had died. He joined the Taliban in 1995, a year after it wasÃâà...
WTVA
December 31, 1999
Afghan resistance fighters, known collectively as mujahedeen, fight back. 1989-1993 - After the Soviet Union withdraws, fighting among the mujahedeen leads to chaos. 1994 - The Taliban is formed, comprised mostly of students and led by mujahedeen veteran Mullah Omar. November 1994 - The TalibanÃâà...
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
December 31, 1999
The Taliban have lacked a strong leader since 2015, when the group announced the long rumored death of its longtime head, Mullah Mohammad Omar. The following year, Omar's successor, Mullah Akthar Muhammad Mansour, was killed in a U.S. drone strike along the Afghan-Pakistan border.
|
news and opinion
|
