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Singesar
Singesar
	Singesar
	Coordinates: 31°33′14″N 65°19′06″E / 31.5538753°N 65.3182954°E
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Kandahar Province
Population
• Total	2,400

Singesar, also spelt Sangesar and Sangsar (Persian/Pashto: سنگيسار), is a Pashtun village 25 miles (40 km) west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, in the Zheray district.

About

The village's name originates from the phrase sang-e-hisar, or stone fort, after an old fort in the area constructed by the British in the 19th century.^{[citation needed]}

It was the former home of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, who lived there between the end of the anti-Soviet jihad in 1989 and the launch of the Taliban movement in 1994. He worked there as a preacher and religious instructor.^[1]^[2]

Notable people

Abdul Ali Deobandi, pro-Taliban cleric

References

^ Harding, Luke (2002-02-17). "How Afghans turned against their spiritual chief". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-08-27.
^ Cloud, David S.; Glinski, Stefanie (2020-12-07). "The U.S. is rushing to the exit in Afghanistan. The Taliban is filling the gaps". Los Angeles Times. Photography by Marcus Yam. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

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[1] Harding, Luke (2002-02-17). "How Afghans turned against their spiritual chief". The Guardian. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

[2] Cloud, David S.; Glinski, Stefanie (2020-12-07). "The U.S. is rushing to the exit in Afghanistan. The Taliban is filling the gaps". Los Angeles Times. Photography by Marcus Yam. Retrieved 2021-08-27.

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