Overthrown Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is alive somewhere near the Pakistani border but prospects of arresting him remain slim, Afghan President Hamid Karzai said today.

AFGHAN President Hamid Karzai yesterday insisted that the deadly car-bombing in Kabul and a bid to assassinate him the same day “do not indicate any problems”.

Gunmen fired AK-47 assault rifles at international peacekeepers patrolling the Afghan capital of Kabul, provoking a firefight with the security force, peacekeepers said today.