Taliban leader ‘injured in US air raid’

TALIBAN leader Mullah Mohammad Omar was wounded in a US air raid that killed four of his bodyguards earlier this month, according to reports in Pakistan.

Taliban leader ‘injured in US air raid’
Tue, 30 Mar, 2004 - 01:00

The one-eyed fugitive was injured in the legs and body and will not be able to move about for two months, a doctor told the Ausaf newspaper.

The raid took place in the southern Afghan province of Zabul, said the newspaper report.

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