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Karzai says Taliban chief hiding in Pakistani city
By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published October 18, 2006
KABUL, Afghanistan - Mullah Omar, the supreme Taliban leader who headed the repressive Islamist regime ousted by U.S.-led forces five years ago, is hiding in the southeastern Pakistani city of Quetta, Afghan President Hamid Karzai told the Associated Press. Despite U.S. efforts to ease acrimony between two key antiterror allies, the Afghan leader in an interview late Monday also blamed neighboring Pakistan for a surge in Taliban violence in Afghanistan and demanded President Pervez Musharraf crack down on militant sanctuaries. "We know he is in Quetta," Karzai said of the fugitive Omar, whose regime was toppled after the Sept. 11 attacks on America for giving sanctuary to al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden. The U.S. government has offered a $10-million reward for information leading to Omar's capture. Pakistan on Tuesday rejected Karzai's allegations. Karzai said Taliban figures are also hiding in Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, and in the tribal town of Miran Shah.
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