Omar, in his message ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr which marks the end of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan, said promises of democracy and reconstruction made two years ago in Afghanistan were yet to be fulfilled, Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) said.

"Now the US-backed system is two years old. Where is the democracy, freedom, human rights and reconstruction?" Taliban spokesman Hamid Agha quoted Omar as saying in a message delivered to some Pakistani newspapers.

AIP said a few newspaper offices in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar had received the one-page message in the Pashto language.

Omar said that instead of having their promises fulfilled, two years after the Taliban's ouster at the hands of US-led forces Afghan people were now subjected to murder, destruction and obscenity amid attempts to subvert Islamic morality.

Few Afghans openly call for a return of the Taliban, which has regrouped and carried out a series of attacks in recent months on Western and aid targets. But many say they felt safer under the hard-line Islamic militia.

Omar dismissed as a charade next month's planned Loya Jirga, or grand assembly to finalize a constitution.