| British special forces are leading a hunt for the Taliban potentate, Mullah Mohammed Omar, in southern Afghanistan. The operation, in conjunction with US troops and Afghan fighters, is being mounted in the border areas of Kandahar and Zabol province where large numbers of defeated Taliban and al-Qa'ida forces are believed to be regrouping. British forces are concentrated in the south, which is the reason they are not involved in the continuing operation further north, in Gardez. |