When US forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001 as retaliation for the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Mullah Omar, the elusive and reclusive Taliban founder with one eye, once hid his vehicle by burying it.
According to a report published on July 5 by The Express Tribune, in Zabul province, where it was interred 21 years ago, the Taliban have now, in 2022, dug up the vehicle of their founder.
When Mullah Omar arrived in the southern Afghan province of Zabul from Kandahar, he buried the Toyota car. The vehicle was discovered mostly undamaged and wrapped in plastic. However, the media agency reported quoting a local that the front mirror was damaged. The report added that the vehicle would soon be on display at the Afghan National Museum.
Mullah Omar, who was born in 1960 and grew up in the southern Afghan province of Kandahar, fought alongside Afghan forces against the Soviet Union in the 1980s and suffered the loss of his right eye. While some media reports claim that the Taliban leader treated himself at a hospital in one of the neighbouring countries, others claim he had his injured eye amputated by himself.
Omar is rumored to have returned to his hometown as a leader of prayers and a teacher after the Soviets withdrew in 1989. He gathered a group of college students who are later credited with founding the Taliban. In 1996, under Omar’s leadership, the Taliban seized control of Kabul, however, in 2001, a US-led invasion forced them to relinquish power.
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