Omar summoned bin Laden to meet him in 1996 after bin Laden's declaration of jihad against the United States the same year.
In July 2000, Taliban leader Mohammed Omar, in an effort to eradicate production in Afghanistan, declared that growing poppies was un-Islamic, resulting in one of the world's most successful anti-drug campaigns.
He further stated that the area had special significance for the tribe which Omar was from.
Retrieved 31 July 2015.
He was devoted to the lectures of Sheikh.
Secretary Rumsfeld further reported that U.