== Liv og karriere ==
Han blev født som søn af en afghansk bonde, der er stor spekulation om hans fødested, ifølge nogen kilder voksede han op i landsbyen [[Singesar]], ifølge andre kilder i byen [[Nodeh]]<ref name="list">United Nations Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011). [http://www.un.org/sc/committees/1988/1988List.htm "The List of individuals and entities established pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1988 (2011)"]</ref>, nær [[Kandahar]].<ref name="coll">{{cite news |last1=Coll|first1=Steve|title=Looking For Mullah Omar|journal=The New Yorker|date=23. januar 2012|url=http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/23/looking-for-mullah-omar}}</ref><ref name="factbox">{{cite news |url=http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/17/us-afghan-taliban-omar-idUSTRE4AG1EM20081117 |title=Factbox: Five Facts on Taliban Leader Mullah Mohammad Omar |publisher=Reuters |date=17. november 2008 |access-date=31. marts 2013 |archive-date=24. september 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924135917/http://www.reuters.com/article/2008/11/17/us-afghan-taliban-omar-idUSTRE4AG1EM20081117 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="Rashid"/><ref>{{cite journal|journal=Indian Defence Review|date=1995|volume= 10|page=33|title=The top leader is believed to be Maulvi Mohammad Umar Amir, who was born in Nodeh (village) in Kandhar, and is now settled in Singesar. He was wounded four times in the battles against the Soviets and his right eye is permanently damaged. He took part in the "Jehad" under the late Hizb-e-Islami Khalis Commander Nek Mohammad.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last1=Yunas|first1=S. Fida|title=Afghanistan: Political Parties, Groups, Movements and Mujahideen Alliances and Governments 1879–1997|date=1997|page=876|volume=Vol. 2|quote=Amir of the Taliban and commander of its Mohammadi Lashkar. Born in Nodeh village in Kandhar, now lives in Singesar village in Kuashke Nakhud area of Kandahar's Maiwand district. His family once shifted to Tarinkot, capital of Uruzgan province, before settling in Singesar.}}</ref>
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