Mullah Omar has never been in Pakistan: Musharraf

[Secret Service]

LONDON:
Former president of Pakistan, General (retd) Pervez Musharraf on Wednesday said that Taliban commander Mullah Omar has “never been in Pakistan.”


In an interview on BBC HardTalk, Musharraf said that Mullah Omar “has no reason to be in Pakistan”. Musharraf explained that Omar is in Kandahar and is an Afghan leader operating from the Afghan countryside.


Musharraf also vehemently denied the existence of the Quetta Shura which US intelligence believes is headed by Mullah Omar from Balochistan.


“You say it is true, I say it is all nonsense,” Musharraf said to presenter Stephen Sackur about the presence of the Quetta Shura.


“If you think that there is a Quetta Shura regularly meeting with conference tables and a flag of Quetta Shura and Taliban … this is all nonsense.”


For years, the US officials have said the one-eyed Omar is based is in the south-western city of Quetta, not far from the Afghan border, where he heads a Taliban leadership council, or shura.


Pakistan rejects assertions that Omar is in Pakistan, or even that the so-called Quetta Shura exists. But such denials came under question after al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden was found in the country after years of similar protestations.


During the interview, Musharraf was also asked about the Pakistani military’s ignorance of Bin Laden’s presence in Abbottabad, which the former general termed “bad luck”.


He also agreed that the relationship between Pakistan and the US has “fundamentally broken down”, saying it is at the “lowest ebb”.


Musharraf has lived in exile since stepping down in 2008 but hopes to launch a political comeback next year.

 

[Shadow_Hunter]

same way Osama was also never seen in pakistan...

 

[golmaal]

One day we will hear the news that US special forces killed Mulla Omar in Pakistan.. Near to any of the military base / academy.

 

[Al Bhatti]

Pentagon+CIA plus God knows what all secret agencies with all there hi-tech gadgetry, satellites and and and and and , but still cannot get hold of this one "one-eyed man" since 10 years.

They could not even get a new photo of him other than the one or two very old outdated photos of him that are circulating since more than 10 years. And in the end USA wants to talk with him.

Really this man has made a laugh of the USA.

 

[Saber slayer]

Mullah Omar has never been in Pakistan:
Musharraf

like OBL

 

[Shadow_Hunter]

Pentagon+CIA plus God knows what all secret agencies with all there hi-tech gadgetry, satellites and and and and and , but still cannot get hold of this one "one-eyed man" since 10 years.

They could not even get a new photo of him other than the one or two very old outdated photos of him that are circulating since more than 10 years. And in the end USA wants to talk with him.

Really this man has made a laugh of the USA.

OBL was also making a laugh of the CIA till just before the day he was killed.....

 

[Secret Service]

same way Osama was also never seen in pakistan...

yes no video footage , no photo nothing shows that he was in Pakistan.

 

[Shadow_Hunter]

yes no video footage , no photo nothing shows that he was in Pakistan.

and he was found in pakistan, which means Mullah Omar could be in pakistan too, and Musharraf's claim carry no weight....

 

[RPK]

he itself not in pakistan

 

[Ahmad]

Musharraf also vehemently denied the existence of the Quetta Shura which US intelligence believes is headed by Mullah Omar from Balochistan.

QUETTA (Online) - The government has admitted the existence of Afghan Taliban’s Quetta Shura for the first
time, and says it has taken them on.
In an exclusive interview with a private TV channel, Federal Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar said the security
forces have taken on the Quetta Shura and have damaged it to such an extent that it no longer poses any threat.
When asked about any arrest, he said: “I am sure the Pakistan army is on job and trying to locate those who are
enemies of Pakistan.
We have finished them so that they don’t fight with us and create problem for us,” he said.
Responding to another question about allegation of US regarding existence of Taliban Shura in Quetta, he said:
“We have not any real reason not to believe that.”
A recent report by General Stanley McChrystal, the top US commander in Afghanistan, alleged that the top
Taliban leadership was in Quetta and that they were masterminding attacks on international forces in
Afghanistan.
However, until this admission by the Defence Minister the government has so far denied the existence of any
Taliban leadership or the Quetta Shura in Balochistan’s capital.


Quetta Shura exists: Mukhtar | Pakistan | News | Newspaper | Daily | English | Online

 

[AHMED85]

wow that is the fact of intelligence examination...is he link to any one..

 

[Shadow_Hunter]

wow that is the fact of intelligence examination...is he link to any one..

what???????

 

[ares]

I am having a Déjà vu..didn't he say the same thing about Osama Bin laden!!

 

[airuah]

ya omar is with Musharaff in UK....thats why he is so sure......

 

[Don Jaguar]

A request to U.S......

Kill mullah omar where ever he is, but this time do not throw him in arabian sea and show it to media.