The Taliban's supreme leader Mullah Omar has come out with a directive, ordering his guys "to kill or capture any civilians, including Afghan women, who cooperate with Coalition forces." Thomas Joscelyn and Bill Roggio have the scoop over at the Long War Journal:

The battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan has taken a new turn in the past two months. The Taliban’s supreme leader, Mullah Omar, has ordered his forces to kill or capture any civilians, including Afghan women, who cooperate with Coalition forces. Omar’s latest directive contradicts his marching orders from just one year ago, when he told his Taliban commanders to refrain from harming civilians working with the Coalition. Omar reportedly issued his latest order in June. NATO announced that it had recovered a copy of the directive in July. Since then, Afghan press outlets have published a translation of Omar’s five-point order. The Long War Journal has received a translation of Omar’s order, as it appeared in the Afghan press, from US intelligence sources. Senior US intelligence officials contacted by The Long War Journal say the order is most likely genuine. According to the translation, Mullah Omar’s five-point directive reads: “1. Fight coalition forces to the death without withdrawing or surrendering; attempt to capture coalition forces whenever possible. 2. Capture and kill any Afghan who is supporting and/or working for coalition forces or the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. 3. Capture and kill any Afghan women who are helping or providing information to coalition forces. 4. Recruit anyone that has access to coalition force bases and have the ability to collect detailed information about coalition forces. 5. Purchase or obtain more heavy weapons such as rocket-propelled grenades, machine guns and anti-aircraft machine guns.”