President Karzai's appeal for peace also comes two days after a statement attributed to Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar appeared on a Taliban Web site.
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In a May 2011 interview with the Asia Times, Mullah Nazir openly supported Afghan Taliban leader MullahMohammadOmar and the then al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden while rejecting claims that he was opposed to al-Qaeda.