Mullah Mohammed Omar (born c. 1959, Nodeh, near Kandahar) or simply Mullah Omar, is the reclusive leader of the Taliban of Afghanistan and was Afghanistan's de facto head of state from 1996 to 2001, under the title Commander of the Faithful. Since the Post-9/11 war in Afghanistan began in 2001 he has been in hiding and wanted by U.S. authorities for harboring Osama bin Laden and his al-Qaeda organization. He is believed to be hiding in Pakistan. Wikipedia
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Mullah Mohammed Omar is a reclusive figure whose friendship with the world's most wanted man brought his country almost complete isolation. news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/1550419.stm
