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IEA digs up Mullah Omar’s car, buried to escape US troops
Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) members have dug up a white Toyota used by their founding leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar Mujahid, to escape invading US troops twenty years ago.
Photographs posted to Twitter on Tuesday show a group of men digging up what appears to be a white Toyota station wagon that was covered in a sheet of plastic.
An IEA member, Muhammad Jalal, who posted the images to Twitter said: “This Toyota wagon was used by the late Amir to travel from Kandahar to Zabul province during the start of US-led invasion.”
“It is in good condition,” he said.
Senior IEA officials have called for the vehicle to be put on display at the national museum in Kabul, which already houses cars and coaches of former kings and prime ministers.
Another senior IEA member, Anas Haqqani tweeted: “A man travelled in this car who took part in the most amazing events in history.”
“He relied on God Almighty, he commanded in an unequal war against dozens of invading countries, and won. This memorial … should be kept in the country’s national museum.”
An IEA source meanwhile told the Guardian that Defence Minister Mullah Muhammad Yaqoub – Mullah Omar’s son – ordered officials to uncover the car, which had been buried for around 20 years.
The Guardian also reported that according to Bette Dam, the author of a biography of the late leader, Looking for the Enemy, Omar was known to have left his Kandahar base in a white Toyota at the end of 2001 after US-backed forces toppled the government in Kabul.
In her book she stated Omar would spend the rest of his life within walking distance of US bases despite a $10 million bounty on his head. US forces once searched a house where he was hiding, an aide told Dam, but did not find the entrance to a secret room that hid him.
Mullah Omar died in 2013, but the IEA only announced his death two years later.
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Pakistan to repatriate nearly 20,000 Afghans awaiting US resettlement
Authorities will also share verified data of the affected individuals with relevant departments to support implementation.
Pakistan will repatriate nearly 20,000 Afghan nationals currently awaiting resettlement in the United States, The Nation reported, citing official sources.
The move affects 19,973 Afghans living across Pakistan.
A federal directive will instruct provincial chief secretaries and police chiefs in Punjab, Sindh, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Balochistan, Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, and the Islamabad Capital Territory to begin the repatriation process immediately.
Authorities will also share verified data of the affected individuals with relevant departments to support implementation.
Following the Islamic Emirate’s return to power in 2021, more than 100,000 Afghans fled to Pakistan, many of whom had worked with the US and UK governments, international organizations, or aid agencies.
Thousands have remained stranded in Pakistan for over four years while awaiting US resettlement clearance.
Prospects for relocation have dimmed amid a suspension of case processing by the US administration, according to The Nation.
Under Pakistan’s Illegal Foreigners Repatriation Plan (IFRP), all Afghan nationals still awaiting US relocation will now be returned to Afghanistan.
Terrorist activities continue to be observed along Afghanistan borders and along the India–Pakistan–Afghanistan corridor, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said in an interview published on Monday.
Speaking to Russia-based media outlet TV BRICS, Lavrov pointed to ongoing concerns in the Middle East, including its Asian regions.
He highlighted the importance of collaboration with India at the United Nations to advance a global counter-terrorism convention.
Lavrov stated that while the draft convention has already been prepared, consensus on its adoption has not yet been reached.
Russia has repeatedly expressed concern about militant threats from Afghanistan. The Islamic Emirate, however, has dismissed the concerns saying that it will not allow Afghanistan’s soil to be used against any country.
Noorullah Noori, Afghanistan’s Minister of Borders and Tribal Affairs, held a phone conversation with Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister for Legal and International Affairs, to discuss bilateral border cooperation.
According to the Iranian news agency IRNA, both sides reaffirmed their commitment to strengthening border collaboration, with a particular focus on the ongoing renovation and updating of border markers. They also agreed to accelerate joint technical and legal meetings to enhance coordination.
As part of the agreement, the next meeting of senior border officials from Afghanistan and Iran is scheduled to take place in Iran in 1405 (2026–2027).
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