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MARCH 31, 1997 VOL. 149 NO. 13 ASIA Mullah with a Mission One-eyed Mohammad Omar rules Afghanistan's Taliban with a firm hand and a strongbox of cash BY TIM MCGIRK Bearded and black-turbaned, the Commander of the Faithful squats on a simple bed in a narrow room inside the governor's mansion in Kandahar, southern Afghanistan. The paintings adorning the governor's residence have been ripped down; ...