KABUL, Afghanistan -- Afghanistan's main intelligence agency said Wednesday that the reclusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has been dead for more than two years. The one-eyed, secretive head ...

Can Mullah Omar retire quietly to the suburbs of Kandahar if he hands the city over to his opponents, disbands his army and says he’s really, really sorry? That was the question hanging over ...

Afghanistan's Taliban on Thursday confirmed the death of Mullah Mohammad Omar, who led the group's self-styled Islamic emirate in the 1990s, sheltered al-Qaida through the 9/11 attacks and led a ...

Renee Montagne talks to Graeme Smith of the International Crisis Group about Mullah Omar's rise to power, the details of his death and what this... Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Died 2 Years Ago, Afghan ...

KABUL, (IANS) – The Taliban has disclosed the burial site of Mullah Omar, the elusive and reclusive one-eyed founder of the terror group, in Afghansitan’s Zabul ...

Known as the Commander of the Faithful, Mullah Omar created the Taliban in the mid-1990s, and was its spiritual guide. United States reward for his capture was $10 million. Was a rural Islamic cleric ...

An old white Toyota Corolla wagon has been excavated in southern Afghanistan as the Taliban dig up new ways to display their hold over power in the country. The vehicle was used by the militant ...

As the U.S. is relying on the Taliban to keep Afghanistan from being a haven for terrorists in the wake of an agreement between the two parties, the Taliban lauds Mullah Omar’s defense of Osama bin ...

The family of late Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Omar has pledged allegiance to new chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour after a secret meeting in which the two sides agreed a power-sharing deal, officials said ...

KABUL (Reuters) - The Taliban in Afghanistan rejected on Monday unsourced media reports that its leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar, had been killed in Pakistan, saying he is alive and in Afghanistan.

On Sunday, Afghan President Hamid Karzai shocked Afghan and international observers when he reached out to the fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar, offering him a guarantee of safety if he agrees to ...

The Taliban said Mullah Omar’s family had confirmed his death and that he had died of an unspecified illness. In a statement emailed to media, the Taliban quoted Mullah Omar’s brother and one of his ...