Singesar
{{Short description | Village in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan}}
{{Infobox settlement
| name = Singesar
| pushpin_map = Afghanistan
| coordinates = {{Coord|31.5538753|65.3182954|display=inline,title}}
| population_total = 2400
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Afghanistan
| subdivision_type1 = Province
| subdivision_name1 = Kandahar Province
}}
Singesar, also spelt Sangesar and Sangsar (Persian/Pashto: سنگيسار), is a Pashtun village {{Convert|25|mi|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|date=August 2021}}
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.{{Cite web|last=Harding|first=Luke|date=2002-02-17|title=How Afghans turned against their spiritual chief|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2002/feb/17/afghanistan.lukeharding|access-date=2021-08-27|website=The Guardian}}{{Cite web|last1=Cloud|first1=David S.|last2=Glinski|first2=Stefanie|date=2020-12-07|others=Photography by Marcus Yam|title=The U.S. is rushing to the exit in Afghanistan. The Taliban is filling the gaps|url=https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-12-07/afghanistan-taliban-surges-as-us-troops-exit|access-date=2021-08-27|website=Los Angeles Times}}
Notable people
- Abdul Ali Deobandi, pro-Taliban cleric
References
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{{Kandahar Province}}
Category:Populated places in Kandahar Province
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