Singesar
Singesar, also spelt Sangesar and Sangsar (Persian/Pashto: سنگيسار), is a Pashtun village Template:Convert west of Kandahar, Afghanistan, in the Zheray district.
About
[edit]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.Template: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.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Notable people
[edit]- Abdul Ali Deobandi, pro-Taliban cleric