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Taliban leader eludes US military teams

Taliban supreme leader Mullah Mohammad Omar has reportedly escaped Afghanistan's southern mountainous area of Baghran and disappeared.

Anti-Taliban forces had surrounded the area and were negotiating the surrender of Mullar Omar and his supporters.

Meanwhile Former Taliban ambassador to Islamabad Abdul Salam Zaeef has voluntarily left Pakistan for an undisclosed destination.

Earlier, an Interior Ministry official said Pakistan had decided to deport Zaeef back to Afghanistan.

5/01/02 22:00:22 | ABC Radio Australia News

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