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{{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 language|Persian]]/[[Pashto language|Pashto]]: سنگيسار), is a [[Pashtuns|Pashtun]] village {{Convert|25|mi|km}} west of [[Kandahar]], [[Afghanistan]], in the [[Zhari District|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.<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

== Notable people ==
*[[Abdul Ali Deobandi]], pro-Taliban cleric

== References ==
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{{Kandahar Province}}

[[Category:Populated places in Kandahar Province]]

{{Kandahar-geo-stub}}