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Mullah Omar spotted in Pakistan: Karzai
London, Nov 30: Accusing Pakistan of ``turning a blind eye`` to terrorism in its border areas, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has said that Taliban supremo Mullah Mohammed Omar was spotted last week in Pakistani city of Quetta.
London, Nov 30: Accusing Pakistan of ''turning a blind eye''
to terrorism in its border areas, Afghan President Hamid Karzai
has said that Taliban supremo Mullah Mohammed Omar was spotted
last week in Pakistani city of Quetta.
According to our information,'' he said yesterday, ''Mullah
Omar was last seen praying in a mosque in Quetta ten days ago.''
Identifying the mosque as one in Quetta, the Afghan President accused Pakistan of ''turning a blind eye'' to terrorism in its border regions, English daily Independent reported yesterday.
Mullah Omar, who has a 25 million dollar reward on his head, comes after Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein as the man American-led coalition forces would most like to hold.
Though there have been no confirmed sightings of the cleric since the end of the afghan war, but he has periodically taunted the west with taped messages urging attacks on coalition forces.
Describing Quetta as the ''terrorists stronghold'', Karzai urged President Pervez Musharraf to stop hard-line Islamic groups from providing sanctuary and support to those responsible for the recent surge in violence in Afghanistan, which has left over 400 people dead in the last four months.
Pakistan government should take immediate action, particularly, against clerics who, he said, were openly recruiting volunteers from Madrassas in Baluchistan and North West Frontier Province, which are governed by pro-Taliban parties.
''The recruitment is being carried with the connivance of local authorities in border provinces,'' he said.
Bureau Report
Identifying the mosque as one in Quetta, the Afghan President accused Pakistan of ''turning a blind eye'' to terrorism in its border regions, English daily Independent reported yesterday.
Mullah Omar, who has a 25 million dollar reward on his head, comes after Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein as the man American-led coalition forces would most like to hold.
Though there have been no confirmed sightings of the cleric since the end of the afghan war, but he has periodically taunted the west with taped messages urging attacks on coalition forces.
Describing Quetta as the ''terrorists stronghold'', Karzai urged President Pervez Musharraf to stop hard-line Islamic groups from providing sanctuary and support to those responsible for the recent surge in violence in Afghanistan, which has left over 400 people dead in the last four months.
Pakistan government should take immediate action, particularly, against clerics who, he said, were openly recruiting volunteers from Madrassas in Baluchistan and North West Frontier Province, which are governed by pro-Taliban parties.
''The recruitment is being carried with the connivance of local authorities in border provinces,'' he said.
Bureau Report