Haji Omar

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Haji Omar (Urdu: حاجی عمر ) is the amir (leader) of an Islamic political organization. He has been described as amir of the Pakistani Taliban. Omar was born in 1951 in the village of Kalushah some 10km (six miles) from Wana, South Waziristan, FATA. He was elected the amir after the death of Nek Muhammad Wazir. Omar spent several years fighting the Soviets in Bagram and Kabul in Afghanistan. He has two wives - one in Wana, and one he married later in Kandahar. Tall and well built, Omar speaks Urdu but is more proficient in Pashto and Arabic.

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• Meeting Pakistan's Taleban chief
• Return of the Taliban: Interview Haji Omar PBS, October 3, 2006
• South Waziristan's Veteran Jihadi Leader: A Profile of Haji Omar The Jamestown Foundation, August 8, 2006