June 5, 2002	Wednesday	Rabi-ul-Awwal 23,1423

TEHRAN, June 4: Taliban leader Mulla Omar was spotted recently in Afghanistan’ southwestern Helmand province, where British troops have been seeking him, Iran’s official IRNA news agency said on Tuesday.

The agency quoted provincial governor Shir-Mohammad Akhundzadeh as confirming that Omar “was seen in the province with a number of aides”.

Akhundzadeh said British special forces based in the provincial capital of Lashgargah had been making helicopter searches for him.—AFP