Muhammad Umar Mujahid Akhund [a] (1960 – 23 April 2013), commonly known as Mullah Omar, [b] or simply as Muhammad Umar, was an Afghan military leader and cleric who was a co-founder and the first leader of the Taliban from 1994 until his death in 2013.

Mar 28, 2025 · Mohammad Omar, Afghan militant and leader of the Taliban who was the emir of Afghanistan (1996–2001). His refusal to extradite al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden prompted the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 that overthrew the government there.

Jul 29, 2015 · Mullah Mohammed Omar is a reclusive figure believed to lead the resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan from hiding somewhere in Pakistan or Afghanistan.

Jul 29, 2015 · Mullah Mohammad Omar, the secretive head of the Taliban and an al-Qaida ally who led a bloody insurgency against U.S.-led forces, eluded capture for more than a decade in spite of being one of the most-hunted fugitives on Earth.

Apr 1, 2025 · For several years, online rumors have alleged that U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar's father, Nur Omar Mohamed, committed war crimes as a military officer in Somalia before immigrating to the U.S. as a refugee.

Dec 30, 2012 · Known as the Commander of the Faithful, Mullah Omar created the Taliban in the mid-1990s, and was its spiritual guide. United States reward for his capture was $10 million.

Omar Mohammed (Arabic: عمر بن محمد; born 8 April 1986) is an Iraqi historian, citizen journalist, and musician. He is best known for creating Mosul Eye, an online news blog through which he documented life in the city of Mosul when it was occupied by …

Mohammad Omar (musician) (1905–1980), Afghan musician and Rubab virtuoso Mohamed Omar (born 1976), Swedish poet who changed his name to Eddie Råbock in 2017; Mohammed Omer (journalist) (born 1984), Palestinian journalist Mohamed Omar (mathematician), Egyptian-Canadian mathematician working in the United States

Jul 29, 2015 · Mullah Mohammed Omar has seemed like a cat with nine lives. There have been numerous unconfirmed reports the leader of Afghanistan's Taliban died before now.

In July 2000, Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, in an effort to eradicate heroin production in Afghanistan, declared that growing poppies was un-Islamic, resulting in one of the world's most successful anti-drug campaigns.