Taliban leader Mullah Omar lived next to US Afghan base: biography

Washington believed the one-eyed,fugitive leader had fled to Pakistan, but the new biography says Omar was infact living just three miles from a major US Forward Operating Base in his homeprovince of Zabul before his death in 2013.

Taliban founder Mullah Omar lived within walking distance of USbases in Afghanistan for years, according to a new book that highlightsembarrassing failures of American intelligence.

   

Washington believed theone-eyed, fugitive leader had fled to Pakistan, but the new biography says Omarwas in fact living just three miles from a major US Forward Operating Base inhis home province of Zabul before his death in 2013.

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