Mohammed Omar
Mullah Mohammed Omar Mujahid (Pashto: ملا محمد عمر مجاهد , Mullā Muḥammad ‘Umar Mujáhid; born 1959–1962 ), often simply called Mullah Omar, is the spiritual leader and supreme commander of the Taliban. He was Afghanistan's 11th head of state from 1996 to late 2001, under the official title "Head of the Supreme Council". He held the title Commander of the Faithful of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, which was recognized by only three nations: Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates. Mullah Omar has been wanted by the United States Department of State's Rewards for Justice program since October 2001 for sheltering Osama Bin Laden and al-Qaeda militants in the years prior to the September 11 attacks. He is believed to be directing the Taliban insurgency against the United States armed forces-led International Security Assistance Force and the government of Afghanistan. Despite his political rank and his high status on the Rewards for Justice most wanted list, not much is publicly known about him. Only two photos exist of him, neither of them official, and a picture used in 2002 by many media outlets has since been established to be someone other than him. The authenticity of the existing images is debated. There is a lack of images of him, because it is against original Islamic law. Apart from the fact that he is missing one eye, accounts of his physical appearance state that Omar is very tall at around 6'6" (2 m). Mullah Omar has been described as shy and non-talkative with foreigners. During his tenure as Emir of Afghanistan, Omar seldom left the city of Kandahar and rarely met with outsiders, instead relying on Foreign Minister Wakil Ahmed Muttawakil for the majority of diplomatic necessities.