KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- Mullah Mohammad Omar, the supreme leader of the Taliban, criticized calls for cross-border tribal councils between Pakistan and Afghanistan as a trap.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Oct. 23 (UPI) -- The leader of the militant Taliban movement in Afghanistan warned that violence will increase and the government will be toppled.

KABUL, Afghanistan, March 16 (UPI) -- The Taliban has announced plans for a summer campaign of terror using a large numbers of young recruits in which "Afghan soil will turn red."

KABUL, Afghanistan, Jan. 9 (UPI) -- Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar vowed Monday to step up attacks against US forces in the near future, Pakistani and Afghan news sources reported.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- The self-styled Taliban spokesman -- captured earlier this week in Pakistan -- said Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammed Omar is still in Afghanistan.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, May 29 (UPI) -- A popular Afghan cleric and Taliban opponent has been killed by gunmen in southern Afghanistan, police said.

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 14 (UPI) -- Acting on a tip from an informant, Afghanistan provincial forces arrested two top Taliban figures in southern Afghanistan, The Telegraph reported Tuesday.

KARACHI, Pakistan, May 31 (UPI) -- A Pakistani religious leader killed in Karachi this weekend was the Grand Teacher who trained Mullah Mohammad Omar, the elusive Taliban leader.

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, May 28 (UPI) -- Former Pakistani intelligence chief Gen. Hamid Gul said Friday he believes the United States will carry out an attack on itself and blame al-Qaida.