Book Claims Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Lived The Last Years Of His Life Near U.S. Bases In Afghanistan

Omar may have lived three miles from a major US Forward Operating Base in Zabul province

Daily Mail: Taliban founder Mullah Omar 'lived within walking distance of American bases in Afghanistan for years, in embarrassing failure of US intelligence'

* US and Afghan leaders believed the fugitive leader fled to and died in Pakistan
* But a new biography says Omar was living just three miles from a major US base
* 'Searching for an Enemy', by Bette Dam, says Omar lived as a virtual hermit

Taliban founder Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of US bases in Afghanistan for years, according to a new book that suggests embarrassing failures of American intelligence.

US and Afghan leaders believed the one-eyed, fugitive leader fled to and eventually died in Pakistan, but a new biography says Omar was living just three miles from a major US Forward Operating Base in Zabul province, where he died in 2013.

'Searching for an Enemy', by Dutch journalist Bette Dam, says the Taliban chief lived as a virtual hermit, refusing visits from his family and filling notebooks with jottings in an imaginary language.

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More News On Reports That Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Lived The Last Years Of His Life Near U.S. Bases In Afghanistan

Taliban founder lived near US military base in Afghanistan: report -- DW
Fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar 'lived close to US bases' -- BBC
Taliban leader Omar lived next to US Afghan base: biography -- AFP
Afghan Taliban Leader Mullah Omar Reportedly Lived Near U.S. Base -- RFE
The Taliban’s leader lived in walking distance of this US forward operating base, new book alleges -- Military Times
Taliban leader spent last days just miles from US base, report says -- Stars and Stripes
Omar may have lived three miles from a major US Forward Operating Base in Zabul province -- FOX News