World & Nation
The 8-month-old hunt for Mullah Mohammed Omar hit close to home Tuesday with the reported capture of a brother-in-law of the fugitive Taliban leader.
Aug. 7, 2002
A self-described Taliban spokesman has told Afghan agents that the militia’s chief, Mullah Mohammed Omar, lives in southwestern Pakistan and is protected by that country’s powerful intelligence service.
Jan. 18, 2007
ISLAMABAD _ Mullah Abdul Salam Akhund was the first of nine Afghan Taliban cabinet ministers arrested by Pakistan’s security services in early 2010 as part of a CIA-driven crackdown.tmpplchld Akhund, the Taliban’s shadow governor for Kunduz, was released three years later with most of the other detainees so that they could persuade Mullah Mohammed Omar, the Taliban leader, to engage in peace talks with the U.S. and Afghan governments.tmpplchld The Taliban’s former foreign minister, Mullah Mohammed Hassan, also was released.tmpplchld The two veteran militants now have something else in common: They were in charge of the Taliban forces that overran the strategic northern Afghan city of Kunduz last week.
Oct. 4, 2015
Conflict: Sibling says his captured kin had left Egypt to help rout the enemy of Islam, the Soviet forces then occupying Afghanistan.
Dec. 2, 2001
Sudan’s former vice president, Omar Mohammed Tayyeb, went on trial on treason charges in Khartoum, accused of receiving $2 million from the CIA for his part in last year’s airlift of Ethiopian Jews to Israel.
Oct. 27, 1985
Airwaves and the Internet fall prey to terrorist tactics.
Sept. 10, 2002
The Taliban’s supreme leader may be hiding in Pakistan, where his elusiveness has created a cult-like devotion.
Jan. 5, 2007
Greek police arrested an Arab, identified as Omar Mohamed Soffareny, who drove a car containing weapons and explosives aboard a ferry bound for the Israeli port of Haifa, the Greek Ministry of Merchant Marine said.
June 22, 1988
Somalia athlete chasing dream is among Africans who drowned at sea
Aug. 28, 2012
Name, nationality and status of some major Al-Qaida figures: OSAMA BIN LADEN, Saudi, supreme leader: At large, on FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list.
March 20, 2019