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Afghanland.com:
Mullah Mohammad
Omar was born in 1959 as the son of a peasant farmer, he grew
up in mud huts around the village of Singesar, near Kandahar.
In short, he's an unlikely leader in a country where pedigree
and royalty have always been the path to power. he's tall (6
foot, 6 inches) bearded, reclusive, and a lover of war
stories. A fierce commander, he was wounded four times in the
jihad against the Soviets, leaving him with one eye. He is not
a great speaker. To his followers, his strength is his piety,
the force of his belief.
Omar, known for a pure devotion to Islam, was a mullah with a
village madrassah near Kandahar. But he was horrified by the
behavior of former mujahideen commanders that he had fought
alongside from 1989 to 1992. They were kidnapping and raping
boys and girls, stealing from Afghans at gunpoint on the road,
and driving international aid workers out of Kandahar. So,
Omar and 30 ethnic Pashtun followers picked up the gun at
first to stop four notorious mujahideen who were raping women
near Omar's village - and later to bring law and order to an
entire country.
 By
1995 Omar sounds like the man who will pave the way for the
king's Zahir Shah's return. He talked about peace and
security. at the same time Zahir Shah's representatives are
invited to Pakistan and the streets are covered with
supporters of former king with Black Red and Green tri color
flags of the past.
Mullah omar and the Taliban repeatedly say that their mission
is to create a Muslim state that would perfectly practice a
strict interpretation of the Quran, one taught in the
fundamentalist madrassahs of Pakistan, where Omar went to
school. The Taliban do not seek power, they will restore peace
to the nation and hand the power to politicians and
experienced leaders of Afghanistan.
In 1996, as Taliban fervor increased, Omar accepted the title
of "Amirul Momineen," or "commander of the faithful," in an
emotional meeting in Kandahar where he appeared on a balcony
above thousands of cheering Taliban, wrapping himself in a
cloak said to belong to the Prophet Mohammad. The cloak had
not been removed from its Kandahar shrine in 60 years, and had
never been worn before. Omar is the first Muslim since the
Fourth Caliph, a nephew of Prophet Mohammad, to publicly
accept the Amirul title, a ranking in Islam nearly second to
the Prophet.
By 1997 Arabs had moved in to powerful positions in the
government and began to influence Omar. With Osama Bin Laden
and ISI Pakistani secret service providing majority of weapons
and soldiers, the Taliban movement begins to take an
international shape. Many Afghans who supported the Taliban
ideas at the beginning of the movement, now notice that the
group is headed by Bin Laden and supplied by Pakistan begin to
withdraw support. As afghans leave the m ovement,
they are being replaced by Arabs, Pakistanis and Chechnians.
By 1998 Al Qaeda is running Afghanistan with Osama Bin Laden
as its leader while Mullah Omar is a symbolic leader.
The movement, backed by the Pakistani secret service,
succeeded beyond anyone's imagination - capturing most of the
country by 1998.
The Idea of blowing up the Buddah of Bamian was presented by a
Chechnian rebel and adopted by Al Qaeda. Many of Taliban
governing body rejected the idea, and so did Mullah Omar. Few
months later the order was carried out and the Buddhas were
destroyed. When asked why he had the statues demolished?
Mullah Omar replied by describing a dream he'd had about "a
mountain falling down on him." Before it hit him, Allah
appeared, asking Omar why he did nothing to get rid of the
false idols.
On September 9 2001 two Al Qaeda suicide bombers disguised as
Arab reporters seeking to interview Ahmad Shah Masood with
hidden bomb in a video camera and around their waists. The
Bomb blast killed Ahmad Shah Masood and a couple of aids.
Ahmad Shah Masood died on September 10 2001. A day later New
York City and Washington DC come under attack by suicide
bombers who cashed passenger planes into the world trade
center buildings and Pentagon. The United States blamed Osama
Bin Laden’s Al Qaeda network for the attacks and started
building a coalition to oust the Al Qaeda and Taliban from
Afghanistan
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