Taliban leader Omar remains mystery to West
Posted: October 11, 2009 at 5:49 a.m.
In late 2001, Mullah Muhammad Omar’s prospects seemed utterly bleak. The ill-educated, one-eyed leader of the Taliban had fled on a motorbike after his fighters were swiftly routed by the Americans invading Afghanistan.
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