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May 02, 1959 Kandahar, Afghanistan Died on 23 Apr 2013 (aged 53)
Founder and former leader of the Taliban
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- Mullah Mohammed Omar (Pashto: ??? ???? ????, Mulla Mu?ammad 'Umar; c.
- 1960 – 23 April 2013), widely known as Mullah Omar, was an Afghan mujahideen commander who founded the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan in 1996.
- The Taliban recognized him as the Commander of the Faithful or the Supreme Leader of the Muslims until being succeeded by Mullah Akhtar Mansour in 2015.
- Some sources described Mullah Omar as "Head of the Supreme Council of Afghanistan".
- The Supreme Council was initially established at Kandahar in 1994.Born into a poor family with no political connections, Omar joined the Afghan mujahideen in their war against the Soviet Union and the communist Democratic Republic of Afghanistan during the 1980s.
- He founded the Taliban in 1994 and by 1995 had captured much of southern Afghanistan; in September 1996, the Taliban took Kabul, the country's capital.
- During his tenure as Emir of Afghanistan, Omar seldom left the city of Kandahar and rarely met with outsiders.
- He was known for speaking little and living in austere conditions.He became wanted by the U.S.
- Government after being accused of harbouring Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda militants after the September 11 attacks.
- He fled the American invasion of Afghanistan and then directed the Taliban insurgency against NATO-led forces and the new government of Afghanistan. Omar died in April 2013 of tuberculosis.
- His death was kept secret by the Taliban for two years until it was revealed in July 2015 by Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security.
