Taliban Commanders Questioning Whether Reclusive Supreme Leader Is Still Truly In Charge — Or Even Alive -- National Post
In early 2002, as local and American forces closed in on his southern Afghanistan hideout, the Taliban’s supreme leader reportedly hopped onto a motorcycle and buzzed away to safety.
Mullah Mohmmad Omar was always a reclusive figure, even during his brutal, iron-fisted rule over the country, but since his escape 11 years ago, he has all but vanished.
Now, as the Taliban launches an historic attempt to negotiate an end to the Afghan conflict, even some within the insurgency are questioning whether the one-eyed emir is still truly in charge — or even alive.
For the Taliban’s official organization, the intriguing question, “Where is Mullah Omar?”, is a non-issue.
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My Comment: I suspect that he is still alive. As to not showing his face to the public .... he was like that when he was ruling Afghanistan before the U.S. invasion in 2001.
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