By empty (8/4/2002 issue of the CACI Analyst)
A senior Afghan official says there is evidence that the leader of the Taleban, Mullah Omar, is still alive and inside Afghanistan. Ahmad Wali Karzai, the brother of President Hamid Karzai and his special representative for the south of the country, said there were regular sightings of the cleric and a small group of followers. He said they appeared to be constantly on the move and had been seen in various places including Zabul province in the south-east, central Uruzgan province and the south-western region of Helmand.The Central Asia-Caucasus Analyst is a biweekly publication of the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute & Silk Road Studies Program, a Joint Transatlantic Research and Policy Center affiliated with the American Foreign Policy Council, Washington DC., and the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Stockholm. For 15 years, the Analyst has brought cutting edge analysis of the region geared toward a practitioner audience.
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