The elusive Afghan Taliban supreme leaderMullah Mohammad Omar, who had called on his warriors last November to continue the war againstNATO-led forces in Afghanistan, has now confirmed having opened peace talks with the US authorities,
The one-eyed Omar, who has escaped the US manhunt since his regime was ousted in late 2001, made two demands - release of Afghan prisoners from Guantanamo Bay detention facility and complete pullout of US-led forces from Afghanistan
Mullah Omar, the founder of the Taliban movement, has been in hiding since 2001 when the US-led invasion of Afghanistan toppled his Islamist fundamentalist regime.
The US officials earlier claimed that Mullah Omar was one of the original planners of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks in the United States,
