Mullah Omar Spotted In Southwest Afghanistan

June 5, 2002

TEHRAN, Former supreme leader of toppled Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Muhammad Omar was spotted recently in Afghanistan' southwestern Helmand province, where British troops have been seeking him, Iran's official IRNA news agency reported on Tuesday.

"Omar was seen in the province with a number of aides," IRNA quoted provincial governor Shir Mohammad Akhundzadeh as confirming.

Akhundzadeh said British special forces based in the provincial capital of Lashgargah had been making helicopter searches for him.

The Taliban leader fled his stronghold of Kandahar six months ago following the defeat of his forces by the US-backed Northern Alliance.

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