Singesar

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.

Singesar
Singesar
Coordinates: 31.5538753°N 65.3182954°E / 31.5538753; 65.3182954
Country	Afghanistan
Province	Kandahar Province
Population
• Total	2,400

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