Is Mullah Omar hiding in Pakistan?
LAHORE: It has been eight years since the supreme commander of the Afghan Taliban, Mullah Mohammad Omar, vanished into the trackless terrain outside Kandahar, amidst repeated claims by the American authorities that one of the Most Wanted FBI fugitives, who has a $10 million bounty on his head, continues to guide his forces while hiding somewhere in Quetta, the capital of Pakistan’s Baluchistan province. While the Pakistani authorities keep refuting the American accusations about the presence of Mullah Omar in Baluchistan, the western media has now alleged that parts of the ISI are supporting Taliban and protecting Mullah Omar and other militant leaders in Quetta, amidst reports that US officials are discussing sending commandos to capture or kill them besides launching air strikes to target them. The renewed American pressure on Pakistan has come amidst US intelligence reports that Mullah Omar is reasserting direct control over the Taliban militia by ordering massive suicide attacks an
