Tag: mullah omar

Taliban leader Omar lived next to US Afghan base: biography

Taliban founder Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years, according to a new book that highlights embarrassing failures...

Pakistan ready to assist in reviving an Afghan-led peace process: Maleeha...

“It would be best for the Afghan government to resolutely tackle its internal weaknesses rather than externalize its problems”, she remarked.

Mullah Omar’s family declares allegiance to new leader Mansour

The family of former Afghan Taliban supremo Mullah Omar on Tuesday pledged allegiance to the group’s new chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansour. According to a statement,...

Taliban leader Dadullah joins Afghanistan’s ISIL

The ISIL terrorist group in Afghanistan claimed that the senior Taliban commander Mullah Mansoor Dadullah has pledged allegiance to the terror group.

Mullah Omar asked Musharraf to bomb Kandahar: US cable

The late Taliban leader Mullah Omar asked the Musharraf government to bring in weapons and bomb Kandahar if it did not like Taliban policies,...

Afghan Taliban admit covering up Mullah Omar’s death

Afghan Taliban on Monday admitted covering up longtime leader Mullah Omar’s death for more than two years, saying he died in 2013 as was...

China says Afghan talks more authoritative after Omar’s death

China on Friday said that the announcement of the death of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar had made Afghan peace process more “authoritative” as the negotiating parties now know whom they should talk to.

Samiul Haq offers to help Taliban heal leadership rift

A senior Pakistani cleric widely known as the "Father of the Taliban" offered on Thursday to mediate to resolve a leadership dispute that threatens to split the insurgent movement in Afghanistan after confirmation of founder Mullah Omar's death.

Taliban power transition raises hopes for Afghan peace talks

The appointment of Mansour, seen as a pragmatist and a proponent of peace talks, comes a day after the Taliban confirmed the death of their near-mythical leader Mullah Omar, who led the fractious group for some 20 years

Mullah Omar’s death may weaken Afghan Taliban, strengthen IS

The group has suffered a string of recent defections to IS, with some insurgents voicing disaffection with the ‘ghost leader’, who hasn’t been seen in public since the 2001 US-led invasion

Afghan Taliban name new leader but peace talks delayed

FO statement says talks postponed in wake of reports regarding Mullah Omar’s death in Pakistan Taliban Shura appoints Mullah Akhtar Mansoor as new supreme leader...

Mullah Omar dead or alive?

Reports say reclusive Afghan Taliban leader died two to three years ago in Karachi

Mullah Omar is alive and well in Karachi, claims Afghan spy...

Taliban’s reclusive leader Mullah Muhammad Omar is alive and hiding in the Pakistani city of Karachi, a top Afghan intelligence official has said, echoing...

Where is Mullah Omar?

With Mullah Omar missing in action for the past three years, rifts develop within Tehreek-e-Taliban Afghanistan on the expected succession of Omar’s brother Hotak...

Mullah Omar says still willing to talk

Taliban leader blames US and Afghan government for derailment of talks two months ago   The Taliban's reclusive leader, Mullah Omar, on Tuesday said his group...

Haqqanis to join Omar’s Taliban in US peace talks

  As the US plans to hold formal peace talks with the Mullah Omar-led Taliban in the next few days, another very powerful insurgent group,...

Terrorists no more

The United Nations (UN) is likely to remove the names of some important Taliban leaders from its list of terrorists soon following US-backed joint...