Pakistan harbouring Taliban Mullah Omar, Karzai tells US daily

NEW YORK : Afghanistan's President Hamid Karzai in an interview published Sunday accused Pakistan's intelligence agencies of sheltering fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar.

Karzai said Omar, who has been on the run since being toppled by a US-led coalition some five years ago, is being harbored in the Pakistani city of Quetta.

"We have solid, clear information indicating that," he told the New York Times.

"And I'm sorry I cannot be silent about this, as much as our friends in Pakistan may not like my saying that," he said.