Afghanistan · Politics / Taliban. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
The United States Government offers a reward of up to $10 million for information leading to Omars capture. After the United States invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, Omar goes into hiding and is still at large, thought to be in the Pashtun regions of Afghanistan and Pakistan
A captured Taliban spokesman, Muhammad Hanif, tells Afghan authorities that Omar was being protected by the Inter-Services Intelligence in Quetta, Pakistan
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