Read CNN’s Mullah Mohammed Omar Fast Facts and learn more about the life of Omar, who is credited with creating the Taliban.

Mullah Mohammed Omar slipped across the border into Pakistan, reportedly on a motorcycle, and was not seen publicly since. The decade-long mystery over the whereabouts of the reclusive cleric ...

The Taliban acknowledge Mullah Mohammed Omar died in April 2013. His death was kept secret to keep morale high, the group says.

Of the many adjectives used to describe Mullah Mohammed Omar, the one-eyed leader of the Taliban in Afghanistan and elsewhere, the most apt is probably "elusive." On Monday, Afghan and, later ...

;One of the major frustrations of the war on terrorism has been the continuing elusiveness of Mullah Mohammed Omar, the chief of the Taliban. America and its Afghan allies have repeatedly come close ...

Mullah Mohammad Omar, the leader of the Taliban, in the late nineteen-nineties. He lost an eye while fighting the Soviets. Photograph from Magnum ...

Jan. 9 -- What happens if the United States actually captures Osama bin Laden or Mullah Mohammed Omar? Experts say the legal battle could rival the military campaign. Even at this late date, it's ...

Mullah Mohammad Omar, the founder of the Taliban, lived in hiding near a U.S. base in southern Afghanistan until his death, according to a new research-group report that contradicts long-held ...

Mullah Mohammed Omar Fast Facts. By CNN Newssource. Published February 6, 2025 4:27 PM . CNN Library (CNN) — Here’s a look at ...