Deposed Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar has escaped from his mountain hideout in Afghanistan on a motorbike, according to unconfirmed reports.

An Afghan intelligence chief is claiming Taliban leader Mohammed Omar is surrounded in a mountain village.

There are conflicting reports today over whether the interim Afghan government and the US Defence Department know the whereabouts of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar.

Afghan officials say they are negotiating with tribal leaders to give up their weapons.

An intelligence official in Afghanistan’s interim government has said negotiations for the surrender of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar have reached “a crucial stage”, with a resolution expected within two days.

Negotiations for the surrender of Taliban leader Mullah Omar are reportedly under way in southern Afghanistan.

A major hunt for the Taliban leader Mullah Omar is continuing in Afghanistan.

US Marines are today on a mission to capture Taliban leader, Mullah Mohammed Omar, thought to be hiding in the remote mountains of central Afghanistan.

Tribesman, backed by British and US special forces, are hunting for Osama bin Laden and Mullah Mohammed Omar, in the mountains and caves of Afghanistan.

The Taliban's supreme leader is reported to be holed up with hundreds of fighters west of Kandahar.