Taliban leader Mullah Omar should be "worried" after the annihilation of his close associate Osama bin Laden,a top US general said today,predicting the killing of the al-Qaeda chief will be a setback to the morale of insurgents battling NATO in Afghanistan. Major General Richard Mills said the assault on bin Laden's compound in Pakistan demonstrated "that we don't leave our missions". Mills recently finished his tour commanding Marines in southern region of the war-ravaged country. "Once we've targeted you,we're going to maintain our focus on you until the mission's accomplished," he told reporters. Osama was killed in a special operation by US commandos in Abbottabad in Pakistan on Monday. "If I was Mullah Omar I would certainly be worried. It shows the Americans are focused," Mills said about the one-eyed spiritual leader of the insurgency who presided over the 1996-2001 Taliban regime in Kabul. The regime was toppled in a US invasion for its support to al-Qaeda. The general said the death of the al-Qaeda chief would undermine the morale of the insurgents fighting the government forces. It will also be giving a "tremendous" boost to troops in the NATO-led force. "I think that has to have a psychological impact on the leadership of the insurgency that's caused the trouble in Afghanistan," Mills said. He also said the killing of Osama would have a tactical effect in the war,jeopardising continued financial support to the Taliban from al-Qaeda militants in neighbouring Pakistan.
